James Stewart Reaney

If water breathes

Arts & Literature

“One. Two. Breathe. All the words matter in Monika Lee’s marvelous If water breathes. Marvel at her marvels: Clockless air. Souwesto’s sky being scanned. Jaipur becomes a bicycle. Bagpipes outstripping barbequing. Breathe in. Read her poems out loud and hear your voice in hers. Find your way to the angel words at the end. Breathe out and work your way back to the blackbird-poet at the start. Two. One. Breathe.”