This debut collection of poems, composed with no thought to commercial publication and discovered by Green Writers Press by happenstance, addresses events in the poet' s life that every reader can relate to — friendships, the beginning, middle, and end of romantic relationships, and the death of a loved one. And they do so with ' stiletto-sharp' metaphors — ' rosebuds stillborn in the falling snow' — and wry observations — ' Trying Again: Like an old shoe comfortable for a while but still causing blisters' — that evoke from the reader a knowing nod and sometimes an outright laugh. Short, disarming, crafted with carefully calibrated rhythms and innovative rhymes, these poems ' skulk in the grass' and, while your guard is down, ' barge right in' to your consciousness, uninvited guests.