The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle Random House Translated by Lola Rogers

Translated by Lola Rogers

their rhyme and rhythm creating something devotional

and eulogies to dearly departed pets

Sandra McPherson

The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle Random House Translated by Lola Rogers'Heather Christle's poems may well be one of the places readers turn when they want to know what it was like to be young and paying attention in the early 21st century . . . Her poems are wide awake' Mark Doty In The Trees The Trees, each new line is a sharp turn toward joy and heartbreak, and each poem unfolds like a bat through the wild meaninglessness of the world. 'At least once per poem, you feel like the triple bars just lined up in the slot