This is a new book of poems by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard has published 21 books, including 9 books of poetry and numerous books in the elds of human rights, women's rights, illness, grief and social justice. Her poetry and essays have been widely anthologized and her poetry books have won the Quarterly Review of Literature Award and the MassBook Award for Poetry. She has received grants for her poetry from the Puf n and Danforth foundations.