Expect to come away from this carefully crafted reading experience renewed in hope:  altered in the best sense of the word. Janine’s lyrical poems travel the world, from the small personal terrain of the frail and aging body to the large stage of our collective body, Earth, where we struggle to reconcile the wounds we inflict on nature and culture. This sensual, thoughtful poet-explorer has much to teach us about the beautiful details of loss and resilience.

–Carol Edelstein, The Disappearing Letters and The World is Round

Janine Roberts’ poems plummet into life; births and deaths collide in both intimate moments and far-flung adventures. She writes of loss through “our long mingle of years,” but holds out for the occasional “fling of happiness.” These handsome poems are full of hope for all of our changing selves.

–Mary Clare Powell, Things Owls Ate, Academic Scat, & In the Living R

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Janine Roberts lives in Western Massachusetts. She is a family therapist and author of several books on ritual and family stories, and is working on a memoir entitled Love You Terrible. Professor Emerita at the University of Massachusetts, she has lived, worked, and traveled in over sixty different countries.