Reconnaissance

Synopsis

The River Flows By Like A Giant's Dream, /and If I Dipped My Hand In, What Would Come? Writes Anne Higgins. Countless Moments Of Wonder Like This Illuminate Reconnaissance, A Collection That Is Both Lovely And Fierce. Elegant And Precise Descriptions Of Birdlife And Gardens Mingle With Angry Confrontations With Illness And A Tour De Force Poem About A Catastrophic Fire In A Catholic Elementary School. A Poet In Full Command Of Her Lyric Powers, Higgins Also Offers Us Jets Of Language Play And Splashes Of Magritte-inspired Surrealism. An Eclectic Collection Of Many Pleasures And Surprises. -lynn Levin, Author Of Miss Plastique