Tangled in Vow & Beseech

<p><em>Tangled in Vow & Beseech </em>vows to remember what we lose and beseeches us to embrace every moment. Throughout McCabe Johnson writes intimately about family nature and animals while also protesting the violences of religion patriarchy and racism. The lyricism of these poems carries the speaker into the clear slipstream of memory to river me home. River me home.</p><p>-Craig Santos Perez author of <em>from incorporated territory [åmot]</em> winner of the National Book Award for Poetry</p><p><br></p><p>Through an array of poetic forms Jill McCabe Johnson explores a deep sense of interconnectedness. These lyric tangles help us grapple with a life where the ugliest abuses of person and planet occur alongside a mother's love for her son the grace of childhood innocence the anniversary of a first kiss and the understanding that in this land of dogwood blossom swordfern and fen is everything we need to believe. </p><p>-Derek Sheffield author of <em>Not for Luck</em> co-editor of <em>Cascadia Field Guide: Art Ecology Poetry </em>and Poetry Editor of<em> Terrain.org</em></p><h1><br></h1>