In Search of Warm Breathing Things Quitab Editions map the trajectory of a

map the trajectory of a corrupt and fool-hearty world and warn: “Information pours and pours burying us beneath ourselves

everyone must touch this volume in order to traverse the present age

Years drain the energy from some poets

form poet Yoko Danno's native language

Beth Copeland

In Search of Warm Breathing Things Quitab Editions map the trajectory of aIs anything common? Katherine Gekker asks in her debut collection, In Search of Warm Breathing Things. The answer, in these richly detailed poems, is no. Gekker is a keen observer, able to unlock the beauty hidden in the ordinary. An iridescent grackle becomes a symbol of hope, collarbones shimmer like wings. Weaving images of the natural world with glimpses of a struggling marriage, Gekker portrays life in all its emotional complexity. Two bees are