These wise poems understand the crises we are facing as a country and the world yet they embody what Vaclav Havel said best—"Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out."

       —Jennifer Franklin, author of If Some God Shakes Your House (Four Way Books, 2023)

"Assailed by news headlines of human-made threats—zombie wildfires, encroaching space junk, the pervasive irritant of artificial intelligence—McGee finds solace and delight in the everyday wonder of seedless grapes, luxurious sunscreen, and the glossy wings of a common bird. These poems will make you feel less lonely and disconnected. And as science has shown, that's good for your brain."

       — Lisa H. Sideris, Professor of Environmental Studies and Religious Studies, University               of California, Santa Barbara, and author of Consecrating Science: Wonder, Knowledge,           and the Natural World