Wier, Dara: In the Still of the Night

In the Still of the Night by Dara Wier (Wave Books, paperback) Publication Date: October 3, 2017 Publisher Marketing:  "Wier is a poet concerned with capturing the fluidity of thought and experience--and not diminishing its forward charge in doing so. Wier's lines have always had a wild whitewater crash to them, overwhelming any vessel she pours them into." --Boston Globe "That's how one human leaves us" ends the first poem of Dara Wier's direct and powerful new collection, a raw and fluid exploration of grief. Wier records her thoughts with intelligence, clarity, honesty, and immediacy, showing us the unraveling of her world and her new consciousness after a great loss. it would not be sufficientto stop the bleeding grief absence isfor these words wouldhave such life in and so of themthey would burn in waysso present we would beginto smell smoke and think fire