Julie Flanders

Shadow Breathing Julie Flanders

Shadow Breathing is aptly named for the breath of mystery it animates. Julie Flanders' poems inhabit the territory between song and poem, playing in the cadences of sound and silence, conjuring an interior music in the reader. Longing and fulfillment reach toward each other in this work, evoking a potent sense of urgency and desire. Flanders sings in the language of the heart, moving through darkness with courage and beauty, always leading us toward a promise of light.