God on His Haunches _politics and that it is something

and that it is something we are each still able to change

Living Things

and slam one of my legs in the car door

In this collection

Crossword enthusiasts will delight in this test of word-wit

God on His Haunches _politics and that it is somethingDescription Diane Tucker writes from experience and "the sustaining power of memory" in this first collection of poems. She writes of falling in love with the wrong person: "For you I ride without a seat belt, willing to be thrown clear at first impact"; her daughter at four months, whose fingertips "are globes of amber salmon roe cool smooth and salty"; and growing up as an adopted child: "mystery breathes on my bare shoulders whispers between my