You love the secret hush of trees. Sleep soundly when the weather’s warm. And in your wondering gaze I see again your lovely rage at being born. —‘For Amelia Fleur’ These new and selected poems by critically acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Marilyn Duckworth meditate with wit and warmth on love, memory, the writing life, and disorder. This is Duckworth’s first poetry collection since Other Lovers’ Children, published in 1975.