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Cosmography: “A general description of the world or of the universe” (Merriam-Webster).

Picture the bird’s eye view with an occasional zoom. Flight paths fuel, or skew, our sight lines: My eyes, your eyes, take in a wild and partial cosmography.

The poems in Where the Sky Opens speak for, and about, journey mates crossing peculiar terrain. You’ll find fellow travelers here, those who have gone on before, and those now en route, or detoured. Stranded. Lost. A partner jettisons lifelong faith; the pair redefines union.

How does truth unfold as the shared spiritual core of a relationship shatters?

Alternately exploring Nature or cocooning at home, the characters test the muscle of covenant, celebrate the erratic funny bone, and stretch the knotty sinews of grace.

Some days are limbo; others are matchless, breathtaking, out on a limb.

With love for this world and its Maker, and with deepening respect for seasons and crucial migrations—physical, relational, spiritual—I offer these poems as prayers for ever-expanding mercy, courage, and fidelity.

Laurie Klein

June 1, 2015