The one irritating element in
this otherwise excellent collection is an excessively comprehensive 10 - page glossary at the back of the book providing definitions of medical terms, including challenging words such as «abdomen», «amnesia» and «antidote» (to name just three of the A's).
A COLORFUL TAPESTRY Although the title might indicate
otherwise, Maureen N. McLane's
excellent new
collection, This Blue, is filled with green imagery: a «tapestried field» is «mossed ferned & grassed,» and the earth itself is «embroidered» with all manner of plants and trees.