Relationships abound in this work; in the poem Geography we have a sustained metaphor covering a failing interaction. Again in Last Supper: “We face each other /eating our lean cuisine /that tastes a lot like crow /or our own words.” and in Revisions this: “in my saga, l grow /more heroic, able & smart /and you deplete /like used uranium.” There is even a personal relationship disaster in Collision Course.

If you’re looking for a cosmological question, you’ll find it in Murmur: “What is the secret name of God? /that dark unspoken sound /that will reverse the Big Bang...”

There are several poems dedicated to famous artists, including Matisse, Chagall, Max Beckman, De Kooning, Paul Klee, Degas, and the marvelous one titled To Matisse.