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Grief fractures and scars. In
Michael Dhyne picks up the shattered remains, examining each shard in the light, attempting to find meaningor at least understandingin the death of his father. “If I tell the story in reverse, / it still ends with nothing,” he writes. Yet it is in the telling that Dhyne’s storyand the world he createsis filled. The echoes of his childhood loss reverberate through adolescence and adulthood, his body, the bodies of those he loves, and the world around themfrom Bourbon Street to dark and lonely bedrooms, from grief support groups to heartachingly beautiful sunsets. How we are shaped by our experiences, and how we refuse to be shaped, is at the heart of the poet’s search for memory, meaning, and lovein all its forms and wonders. This bold and tender debut is a rousing reminder that poetry and art can heal.
“It’s one thing to remember, another to not forget. A girl says,
and I ask her if anything happened
before that, her eyes bright with wonder.”
Excerpt from “95 South”