Weight Of Light

Weight of Light is precise and questioning. Smallen's attention to the smallest details reveals deep passion behind her quiet watchfulness. The wisdom resulting from Smallen’s practiced sight is perhaps what makes this book so compelling. Each poem is a microcosm of a larger truth.

In Smallen’s search for meaning we see that everything in the universe moves—even the inanimate and the dead. Algebra, physics, dance, spirituality, and art are all included, and behind these subjects, a clock is ticking. Remarkably, there is peacefulness in her acceptance of the transitory world—even in her knowledge of the inevitability of grief.