One More Day

For R.A. Garber, nature is just outside the window or even between the walls or in the attic. This does not lead to a limited world view. Rather, the poet effortlessly bridges the gap between nature-around-the-house and wider global events. She writes about a “woke” house fly crawling across Washington riotors on her tv screen, or how the latest Mars landing is upstaged by seven eggs from her seven hens.