What Feeds Us
In this brimming collection Diane Lockward's considerable wit  engages both what is askew and awry and what to a lesser eye might seem to  be standing up straight. She never takes you where you expect to go--that  is part of her talent and her sassy wisdom. She is an original and a  delight.---Baron WormserWhat Feeds Usis sometimes  humorous and sometimes heartbreaking. Diane Lockward's language is both  plain-spoken and rich, lush. This is a wonderful book that might not  nourish your body but certainly will nourish your heart.---Thomas  LuxIn these sparkling poems, Diane Lockward takes life as it comes  and finds nourishment in it all: succulence of the peach, redolence of the  pear, the "green grape of sorrow." I love these poems for their craft,  sensuality and energy. Like high-wire acts of language and imagination,  they almost leap in the air and come down again on the wire, balancing  between witty and dark, personal and invented, idea and  emotion.---Patricia Fargnoli