Permanent Guests: Poems

In this small chapbook, a poet addresses subjects from home renovation to nature to healing from cancer. One reviewer describes the poetry as delivering "small, brilliant moments when people touch each other's lives in subtle, unexpected ways." In the first section, "Permanent Guests," a couple renovating their home discover that the late builder and his family continue to influence the new owners' relationship with the house itself. The second section, "The Garden and Beyond," explores the poet's heightened observation of the natural world during her long convalescence.