Martin and King have put together a collection haunted by history, in the midst of which, an unforgettable image: the vanishing heron as witness, standing stock still in the trash pile we’ve made of a sacred place. In these poems, Kennesaw Mountain and the battle that was fought here come alive again, for surely nature remembers—even a wren 'trills the memory / of shell-shattered trees.' /// Alice Friman, author of Blood Weather, The View from Saturn, and Vinculum

These remarkable poems by two fine Southern writers bring the past into sharp focus.  They show us vividly how the wounds of history can touch us, and if they cannot make us completely whole, they can make us more completely human. This is a thoughtful, moving, and compelling book. /// David Bottoms, former Poet Laureate of Georgia, author of Armored Hearts: Selected and New Poems

In poems celebrating the way the natural world and we humans are composted and recycled to create the future of our enduring legacy and the posterity of our planet, Martin and King have truly captured not only the concept of reconstitution in this collection, but, further, how important place is to who we are and who we might become—no matter where we may herald from or come to live. /// Thomas Rain Crowe, author of Zoro’s Field: My Life in the Appalachian Woods