![]() ![]() ![]() Millikin is a poet preoccupied with the often painful imprint left by family legacy that manifests itself across several generations in “The Dark Birds,” she observes, “My father was haunted by the wars / in which his father fought….” The speaker continues, “He brought home the bad dreams of war, and I inherit them / through my father….” Abuse is another sickening inheritance, as addressed in the poem “Barbie Doll as Tutelary Spirit for the Too-Early Dead,” in which a father gives his daughter a doll to appease his guilt: “As a small child, you weren’t ready / for your father’s love. The poems collected here evoke forgotten, in-between places in these verses, the author’s trademark imagery of cold pine forests and dark motel rooms continues to abound. Millikin’s poetry collection offers a powerful meditation on trauma and ancestral legacy. ![]()
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