This first collection of poetry displays all the assurance, depth and verve that made Stevie Krayer's renowned translation of Rilke's The Book of Hours such a poetic tour de force. The theme of the collection is "changing states, " in all senses of the phrase, and her imagination ranges far and wide over the experience of transition. The language is never obsure, yet there is a subtlety of technique and imagery in these poems that will continue to reward after many readings. Sensuous and cerebral, sharply and wittily observant without being judgmental, compassionate yet unsentimental, she confronts life as an adventure, by turns fearsome and exhilarating.