Gaudent Angeli by Mary O'Malley Iliad Derek Slade contributed substantially to

Derek Slade contributed substantially to composing the notes on sources and earlier appearances of the works gathered here

digs deep for grains of common sense and plumbs the depths of our conscience to ascertain how truly awake we really are

'Nearly all the poems here have the familiar Plath daring

Abandoned Gardens is a powerful and essential distillation from this poet’s three collections

Gaudent Angeli by Mary O'Malley Iliad Derek Slade contributed substantially toIn this collection, the poet is concerned with how mythology specifically the story of Demeter and Persephone explains the seasons. Time moves through the poems and the collection explores the way scientists view time, and how that view changes.