The poems in this collection have verve, have a kick, and will leave your senses wanting more. Fruchey has a masterful way of drawing the reader into the rhythms of each poem, and also into a larger conversation about our inner and outer world. The work in this book discovers the beauties of an old self portrait, a roadside motel, abandoned pastures, odes to nighttime, a recipe for marital peace andThe poems in this collection have verve, have a kick, and will leave your senses wanting more. Fruchey has a masterful way of drawing the reader into the rhythms of each poem, and also into a larger conversation about our inner and outer world. The work in this book discovers the beauties of an old self portrait, a roadside motel, abandoned pastures, odes to nighttime, a recipe for marital peace and the substrata in between. In "Still Waters" the poet tells us how to enter the scene and eloquently, how to" leave everything behind." This book helps us ask ourselves, "Which side of the dark are you on?" a question all of us must face at some time in our life. As we travel the pages of this transformative collection, we will realize our hearts too, may be "dilated to the size of a planet, and grow skylights"

—Connie Post, Poet Laureate Emerita of Livermore,CA, 2005 to 2009; Author of Prime Meridian and
Floodwater, winner of the LyreBird Award