Poetry. Do you remember going out into the yard and spinning aroundand around until you couldn't tell the difference between the sky andthe ground anymore? Melanie Moro-Huber's first full-length collection,AXE IN HAND, is very much like that. A mixture of humor and tragedy,experimental and traditional forms, Moro-Huber pulls you into theabsurd as well as the sacred moments of parenthood and familialrelationships, delving into the daily chaos of life in an attempt tofind meaning. The poetry in this collection invokes ghosts, givingvoice to intergenerational concerns surrounding our daily environmentand the way we communicate and learn from one another. Moro-Hubertakes the reader from the mountains to the river to the sea and backagain, and in the course of the journey the reader is always led rightback to their own understanding of life and meaning.