Turpentine Tree

The Turpentine Tree is an enduring symbol of memory, fragile but enduring the passage of time and still persisting: in the title poem, Lynne Hjelmgaard describes it ''a coppery faux god / with wildly twisted branches''. It might slip into the void, but here it is for now ''flying into the eye of the storm.'' Hjelmgaard employs strong, sensuous imagery to capture moments from across her remarkable ...