<p>This collection&#39;s searing poems travel between the frozen moment of personal time and the inexorable sweep of history. The poet tracks genocide&#39;s record from Tamerlane to Pol Pot an exiled tyrant&#39;s return to the killing fields and Penelope&#39;s embracing her inevitable loss of Odysseus upon his return. In each poem Santos tests the delicate balance between life and art.</p>