In the intimate and lyrical poems of Firmament, Christopher Martin is wanderer and observer wading through natural and spiritual landscapes as he considers "what it means to die yet remain bound to a living thing" and how our connection to nature is our connection to spirituality. With Martin as unflinching guide, were shown whats temporary and whats permanent, what it means not to turn away, and how to find redemption amidst injustice. Every poem in this collection feels like a revelation.Jenny SadreOrafai, Author of Dear Outsiders and Malak We live within place names, histories large and small, the families we create and our families of origin, but how does a person come into their own? How does one manifest their own sense of faith via the roles of father, son, citizen, poet, and earthsteward? In Christopher Martins insightful and often stunning collection Firmament, coming into ones own involves the will and guts to say no to your inheritance, to question all that has been handed to you. Whether that be a religion, a countrys history, an acceptance of hurt from those closest to you or a trust in your own instincts born from human vulnerability and earthbound revelations. These poems live in the parallel realms of the natural world that can be counted on for peace and beauty, and the faulty human world that often fails us, but which we cannot live without. Each of us finding shelter / in all the living and the dead / given to the understory. Tina Schumann, Poetry...

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