Naming of the Bones by John F. Deane C. Perricone 'The Romanian Ana Blandiana is

'The Romanian Ana Blandiana is one of Europe’s greatest living poets

The poems in Mother Muse move boldy and range widely

and these poems – in their intimate

bleeding world in which 'all flesh is grass' and language is matter

Naming of the Bones by John F. Deane C. Perricone 'The Romanian Ana Blandiana isThe poems in Naming of the Bones touch on Christian values and work towards a significant faith, at the same time focusing on the wonders of an evolving cosmos. The poems delight in the things of the earth, suggesting a secular Christianity. They hope justice will overcome human greed and violence, while they assent to the seasons developing of our landscapes and the beauty and dangers of our place in creation. The sequence 'Like the Dewfall' works