Sidney Wade continues to showcase her talents as a poet of potent play in this buoyant sixth collection. Oftentimes reminiscent of the work of Marianne Moore, these striking new poems-rustic, reflective, and typically set lakeside-are limber and unbelievably lean, quick as bubbling brooks, and packed with whimsy and wisdom in equal measure.

Sidney Wade is Professor of English at the University of Florida and the poetry editor of Subtropics. She lives in Gainesville.