In this collection, Shirley has crafted poems that explore love, loss, and memory. I tend to gravitate to poetry that deals with themes such as these and they hit harder when they come from a poet of my country.

These poems move from how we interact with memory be it individual or communal; sexual and sensual relationships where we grapple with our desires and how we think to satisfy them to how we cope with loss of loved ones, and a realization of our fear and how violence can touch and shape us.