Whereabouts

the long version

The poems collected in this, Mark Roper's third full collection, explore the mystery of the self, its relation to nature and to others, its unpredictability and unknowability. "A butterfly // on a windowsill - // a child's suit. // The suit which fitted so perfectly // when I was young. The one I thought would grow with me. The only one // ever that fitted properly. My life // where did it go? // My life that did not grow."--"Suit" (p. 17).