What, Why, How, Diana Dinverno

What:

Each poem in my chapbook, When Truth Comes Home to Roost, is meant to be a revelation, a slant of light shining through a window. The poems lean toward autobiography, capture experiences, both large and small, over time and against shifting backdrops— childhood in the working-class Midwest, a Northern Michigan meadow, World War II Europe, a funeral during the pandemic, and in contemplation of what will remain of us in a thousand years.

The collection is a meditation on family an...