Gardening in the Dark

by Laura Kasischke · 2004

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Gardening in the Dark, Kasischke's sixth book of poetry, continues to explore the transformative power of imagination. Her poems take us to the flip side of human consciousness, where anything can happen at any time. Tinged with surrealism, her work makes visionary leaps from the quotidian to sudden, surprising epiphanies.

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