Chalkmarks on Stone Author:Carol Moldaw In these rigorously composed, sensually grounded, lyrical poems, the world is distilled with a compelling logicfrom the poets home in New Mexico to a Jewish cemetery in China. A shifting vowel signals the end of a marriage; with its proboscis, a butterfly taps out the secret names of God. Like the matryoshka doll of one poem, Moldaws poetry reve... more »als selves within selves with a formal intricacy disarming in its ease. Another Part of the Field, a long, meditative fugue of six-line poems, uses the I Ching to explore what lies beneath the surface of each day. Here is masterfully evocative poetry of grace, beauty, and surprise.« less