Lineage Songs

From rolling the dice, sliding down chutes, climbing the ladders of memory, or shooting free throws for the departed, Lineage Songs by Angie Minkin takes us on a journey where the poet speaks of love and kinship in the shadow of roosters who lack alarm clocks and any decent sense of timing. We zigzag from inner to outer world, consider dreams of "prowling jaguars and river-drinking deer" and dance through an examined life as the poems question the status quo of what we believe, war, how we live with ourselves, and, finally, how we reclaim our own loving presence and ancestry in this complicated world.