God on His Haunches _politics serving up neither an environmentalist's

serving up neither an environmentalist's usual stew of rant and lament

Living Things

the predatory lover as axe-wielding gardener

Sandy does not emerge unscathed

God on His Haunches _politics serving up neither an environmentalist'sDescription Diane Tucker writes from experience and "the sustaining power of memory" in this first collection of poems. She writes of falling in love with the wrong person: "For you I ride without a seat belt, willing to be thrown clear at first impact"; her daughter at four months, whose fingertips "are globes of amber salmon roe cool smooth and salty"; and growing up as an adopted child: "mystery breathes on my bare shoulders whispers between my