Some of the images within Concentric Penumbras of the Heart are recognizable by most of us - an older sister leaving home, a marriage proposal refused, a great-grandmother's long lost eyelash. Others, however, are much less recognizable (for some of us) - a peregrine's yearning, an alley rat mourning, a bear in heavy fur keeping a promise - and, throughout this collection is the interwoven presence of long sad sighs from our harbingers. Come, join me within this sigh upon an out breath - it includes ill-lit rooms, hidden melodies, daydreams of wild orchids beside emerald lakes, even an immortal's kiss - join me as one within our differences, as a single vibrant out breath from within the fierce and wicked funhouse of poetry.