Smiling with Teeth

<p>Through engagement with myths old and new <em>Smiling with Teeth</em> tells of mothers & witches lost men & the creatures they become. Poems explore the dark places that exist unspoken within families and the delicate balance kept by this restraint. Oftentimes a maze with false ends the narration aches of love loss and longing while staying sharp in its point which is returned to time and time again: we owe a debt to the mothers before us—beauty pain loyalty in equal share.</p>