"God is in these poems / certain ecstatic lines impale my attention / however, I'm more than struck / by the longing in them- / more like the blues than / a church hymn" -Dr. Cherry Muhanji, author of "Her," and coauthor of "Tight Spaces"

"Shelly Hall has raised the stakes of poetry to a new level with her fascinating collection of poems: Tough, thoughtfully tender, skillful poems inspired by unexpected themes of 'divination, ' 'Tarot, ' and 'I Ching.' From generous 'love' poems to 'worldly' poems of loss and declaration, you'll bite deep into Hall's poetry and I promise you won't go away hungry." -Ellen Kort, Poet Laureate of Wisconsin, 2000-200