"Elegy,inmakinggriefalivingthing,bringsthedeadbacktolife.Butelegyisalsohowweaskourselvestoaccept,atouchingofthewoundtoaccustomourselvestopain.Thisstunningbookbothresurrectsandmoretrulyburies,anddoeswhatthebestpoetrydoes-showsmetheworldofanother,andindoingso,bringsmeclosertomyown.Ifeelbittenbythesehauntedpoems."-BobHicok