Bacchus's dazzling vocabulary, wordplay and symbolism provide a treat that will have the reader returning to the work over and over again. CF Roberts The Meat Factory Constance Bacchus and her descriptions of flowers unfold vicarious visions for the reader. “Trillium secretly open what you need to hear in the woods” She writes with whimsy and simmering wrath all balled together. “ The Crocus class is a portrait in blue in a parking lot” “They live in gravel they shout I want a divorce” Bacchus serves up a glimpse of flora and fauna in every stage of their short lived lives, giving them personalities as I never noticed before. I can’t wait for my next stroll in the woods to see it all anew. Thasia Anne Still Standin These poems are an accounting of the days of a divorce told through specific flower symbols. In lines of two or three stresses, and with open spaces in the poems, the reader experiences the events as visions & symbols of a life in a new beginning. Su Zi Chicago Poems --back cover