From Brazils Bay of All Saints to Philadelphia, from Floridas brutal humidity to the drought-scorched Cape Verde Islands, Bartrams Garden takes in the pulse and ache of the natural world: the bittern balanced in the swamp, cashew fruits astringent flesh. With a gardeners eye for color and motif, and a mothers open-hearted sensibility, these poems explore vivid landscapes both intimate and foreign.
ELEANOR STANFORD is the author of The Book of Sleep (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2008) and a memoir, Hist?ria, Hist?ria: Two Years in the Cape Verde Islands (2013). She lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband and three sons.