This is a book of letting go, of wild avowals, unabashed eroticism; at the same time it is a work of integral imagination, steeped in the light of Greek myth that is part of the poet's heritage and imbued with an intuitive sense of dramatic conflicts and resolutions, high style, and musical form.

Contents:

• Sometimes, as a Child
• Twelve Aspects of God
  • Leda and Her Swan
  • Amazon Twins
  • Triple Muse
  • Io
  • Thetis
  • Dactyls
  • Circe
  • Maenad
  • Aphrodite
  • Calypso
  • Demeter
  • Artemis
• the Knife & the Bread
  • betrothal / the bride's lament
  • plunging into the improbable
  • Love Lines
  • memory piece / for Baby Jane
  • the knife & the bread
• Innocence
  • Innocence
  • Four Beginnings / for Kyra
  • Song / for Sanna
  • Lullaby
  • Blues / for J.C.
  • Bitterness
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Cinderella
  • Rapunzel
  • Runpelstiltskin
  • Little Red Riding Hood
  • Snow White