Nest of Matches

InAmie Whittemores Nest of Matches, the poems that bask in the beauty of nature, queerness, and love while exploring how dichotomies form identity.This collection is a lavish declaration of the beauty of the natural world, queer identity, and of the imagination set free. Whittemores third book of poetry explores the complexities of loveromantic, familial, and love for placeand wonders at cycles of life, finding that: Every habit / even lovestrangest / of them alloffers exhaustion / and renewal.Moving seamlessly from meditations on the moons phases to explorations of dream spaces to searches for meaning through patterns of love and loss, Whittemores work embodies the mysteries of dichotomiesgrief and joy, consciousness and unconsciousness, habit and spontaneityand how they coexist to create our identities. Throughout the collection, Whittemore reveals how interior nature manifests into exterior habits and how physical landscapes shape the psyche.