SAMSARA, from the Sanskrit, refers to the ever-turning wheel of life. Themes of circularity and renewal pervade these poems: an ailing neighbor watches kite surfers "turn their bodies into wind;" love is reborn at the circus; bicycle wheels spin circles into fields. Throughout, Markell seeks out currents that connect us to the natural world and to each other in the circular universe. Whether describing a spotted salamander discovered under a fallen log or speculating on "nomadic atoms" that become the dusty shtetl of ancestors, SAMSARA vividly conveys a sense of wonder that entices the reader to step onto the wheel and savor what they find. "With profound tenderness for the ordinary, intimate details of our lives, Jennifer Markell's poems pulse with the sense of samsara-the journey of birth, life, death, rebirth that repeats itself-and of the heartbreak that inevitably implies. In the shadow of wars that have and will shadow our lives, her work conveys the poet's affection for the...

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