How bend these sinews of my art & on what anvil? -Jack Kerouac The poems in Ribbon Anvil were written in the months leading up to and after the end of an abusive relationship. The poems are quiet. They were written in the moments in between the difficult times, the restraining orders and court dates, the lawyers and arguments, the sundering of a family and the beginning of a new life. The difficult times are in the shadows of these poems, much the way a woman says everything is fine, really. The book's title was prompted from a quote by Jack Kerouac in Book of Dreams, that crazy kaleidoscope...