Northern Swim

<p>The poems in <em>Northern Swim </em>grieve a beloved sister's death during other losses of the pandemic framed against havoc in the human and more-than-human worlds. But among poems of American malaise and climate change you'll also find Florence Griswold godmother of American impressionists; the fashion designer Alexander McQueen; Eve's secret daughter; Elgar's chamber music and the Do Rights lead guitar. Though the poems are often elegiac they celebrate pleasures-Snowshoeing at Seventy a newborn grandson museum-going desserts with family and friends an exhilarating swim in an icy lake-what offers resilience and lures us ahead: I won't let the bear get all the berries.</p>