Speechless is the River

These are poems about love and loss, of betrayal, loneliness and grief, of relationships and of growing up, and of reconciling oneself to one's situation in the world, and coming of age. Interspersed with the personal are poems that resist the patriarchal world that reduces women to objects, and poems about power, the destruction of the environment, disenfranchisement, migration, the harshness of the material world, and politics. Sometimes heartbreaking, and sometimes light, these poems draw from folklore, religion, theatre, and myth for their imagery, making this a startlingly memorable poetic voice.