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Tulips, Water, Ash (Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize)

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In a high-concept world where so many things are made to be instantly digestible, this book demands--and rewards--repeated reading. You'll discover something wonderful each time, perhaps a new perception--the poet's, or your own.

In this, her debut collection of poems, Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet introduces readers to her singular mind. Each poem is intricately crafted, and yet each also manages to soar with wonder and with imagination, so the reader feels transported by a thought, an emotion, an inquiry and never weighted down. Too much poetry sacrifices artifice for anything that remotely relates to the daily lives of people; Stonestreet's poems are all musical, and yet all are a reflection of the world in which we live, making her poetry at once accessible and profound. In one poem, Stonestreet muses on post-it-notes while crying out to God; in another, she examines the overly-contoured shape of modern design and wonders what impact this environment has on the mind. These are poems to be savored, shared, read and re-read.