Critical Commentary
In an age of overflow, Erika Moss Gordon cuts to the core. She wields language like a pearled knife, honed to epiphany. Carving the lyric essentials out of life's odd loaf. Here's a first book that set a gourmet table and serves up a dazzling meal of bread and water. - Art Goodtimes, Former Poet Laureate of Colorado's Western Slope
Erika Moss Gordon lives in the now. Her generosity and strength is echoed in her work. Many of her poems are like modern Upanishads, gems of hard won wisdom drawn in with every breath. The poems remind us to take in the landscape of our fears and dreams, to notice when they converge and when they transform, to examine how these inner landscapes mirror the natural world. This is a poet who delights in not finding the answers, but embracing uncertainty with mindfulness and a gratefulness of the heart.
Kierstin Bridger
Reverent. Humble. Beautiful. Like tiny lights in a great darkness, these poems lead us into realms where everything we thought we knew is new again, where everything is possible, even nothing. Wherever you are, this book will meet you.
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, The Less I Hold, The Miracle Already Happening
