Like an enticing garden, Victoria Doerper’s debut volume of poems is full of surprises: tumbling insight tucked in somber reflection, the celebratory alongside the cautionary. Open this book anywhere and find poems that chart pain, evoke pleasure, offer whimsy and describe nature in short, bright, stunning metaphors. In form, these poems are eclectic. In content they are magical, full of astute observation worthy of Emily Dickinson. Lucky you, reader.
