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Edition 9 (2000)

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Conjure is a poetry collection that moves through language, imagination, and memory. Its restrained voice lets image and repetition build emotional pressure.

A compact poetry collection shaped by language and imagination.

64 pages
languageimaginationmemoryconcision

In is a poetry collection that moves through interiority, nature, and concision. Its restrained voice lets image and repetition build emotional pressure.

A compact poetry collection shaped by interiority and nature.

68 pages
interioritynatureconcisionmemory

The Death of Descartes is a poem that condenses philosophy, mortality, and selfhood into a tightly controlled lyric voice. Its spare movement carries strong emotional pressure.

A tightly focused poem where philosophy and mortality quietly intersect.

philosophymortalityselfhoodlanguage