"The future prints its warnings for the poet on the earth and sky."
This collection of poetry and visual art from Melissa Jennings will leave you breathless and moved for reasons you could never pin down—and that's just part of its magic. Some pieces are simple in a jaw-droppingly powerful way, while others are chaotic and overwhelming. The collection balances on the edge of so many lines: intentionally crafted vs. effortless, suffering vs. healing, life vs. death. It pushes the boundaries of what time can look like, and reading it while still in a version of the purgatory Timedeath references leaves the reader aching for what cannot be named. As Jennings puts it, "a name is just a burying." Melissa Jennings has outdone themselves with this haunting collection of visual poetry.