Beautifully coherent and immensely satisfying. - Library Journal

These praise songs turn a keen eye to the elemental made spiritual—the gift of breathtaking focus. - Yusef Komunyakaa

These poems have brought me to my knees, a new catechism founded on the breath of ochre and stone. Among the careful script of the ancients, Melissa Kwasny’s vision has superbly located what it means to be human. What it means to seek answers, to mark the passage of time, and to leave behind remnants of hope for those to come. - M.L. Smoker

As the book traverses the depths of caves and their paintings, there are times when it feels as if Kwasny has cracked the code of the unconscious. It feels as if the seen and the unseen are in rare equipoise. - Wendy Willis, Rumpus