for all the lonely hearts being pulled out of the ground

From a bouquet of black and white flowers to times when the mind can barely hold on to images, this collection looks at all the love-exit signs and refuses to escape. These poems tell stories; about love and intimacy, growth, Greek recipes, heartbreak, family, coffee, wine, spirituality and more. They capture the ethereal that is in our grasp and yet far from reach, as time moves from the present to the past to the enigmatic. "If you could unclasp a heart as you would a purse, you would find these poems inside, right next to lipstick marks on wadded cocktail napkins. 'for all the lonely hearts' spills out on the intersection of the quotidian and the transcendent, where good poetry is found, and everybody is invited to the party." —Amber Ridenour Walker Published by Free Lines Press; cover art by Max Padma.