Gary Lemons's The Weight of Light breaks down the wall between poet and reader and invites us to meditate with him on all things beautiful and ugly, in a way that makes us proud to be a part of the world. Lemons explores human and nonhuman relationships, dissecting them just enough to give us a glimpse before sealing them back up and tucking them into the pages. He shows us the painful, the heartbreaking, the fearful--but pairs them with the magnificent and the joyful in such a way that we are relieved and elated to have them all. -The hunger in everything wants out, - he tells us, and this collection contains the hunger to truly know the world. -It's here--and so am I--and so are you- and we are delighted and humbled to be here with him.
