About the Poetry
a theory of everything is a suite of love poems that traverses four countries and three continents. At Apostle Island in the United States, the narrator recalls, “millions of sunlit mirrors in ice tubes reflected your image and I declared l love all of you to each.” Outdoor adventure, sometimes serene, sometimes extreme, frames exploration of their deep affection for each other and for the natural world. At Watson Lake, Canada, the narrator remembers, “how we stood that night before the light show of aurora and spied in the eyes of each a parade of spirit animals and you and me and nearby lakes wye and lucky answered all our questions.” Similarly, in Cardigan Bay, United Kingdom, the narrator remembers sublime liberation while kayaking “to that colony of dolphins whose clicks and clacks located naked bathers in stone pools and how we dropped our own gear to swim free and clear.” And Mount Connor, Australia, provides an aspirational definition of creationism: “will we ever forget bedrolls in the cold furnace at fool-uru and blue fingers and naked eyes to size stellar drift and eyelash ices to imagine imaginal cells in the human world?”. Indeed, whether one reads these poems as ode or elegy, the narrator’s sacred testimonies oscillate between joy and gravitas and each forgoes loss for wonder and gratitude. Both cosmic and personal are the vital connective tissue of a theory of everything.
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