Seacliff [TRADE PAPER ]

Anchored by a vivid and resounding sequence, Seacliff  enacts the relentless crash and dissolution of our bodies, landscapes, and spirits, even as they are recombined to return. And so this book serves as a reminder of the primeval rhythm that sustains us. Unlike other works, this seascape impels a meditation that is not merely metaphorical. In the face of very real forces, the uncertainty is not whether one must surrender, but when and how. This testament of perseverance invites us to submit to— and to celebrate— the vast vigor of our planet. Here, alongside the Northern California coast, Seacliff  offers a path, one lyric runner of shine, out to a fresh horizon.Cate Lycurgus’s poetry has appeared in Best American Poetry, The American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, Orion, and elsewhere. She interviews for 32 Poems and teaches professional writing in San Jose, California.Readers interested in the California coast, ecopoetics, or meditations on landscape will enjoy this title.