Artifice by Lavinia Singer Gaspar Orozco even harder to remember reasons

even harder to remember reasons for living

 on Moontide

as well as those who are

whose mouth "holds more wonder than a sky full of stars"

souls falling off things

Artifice by Lavinia Singer Gaspar Orozco even harder to remember reasonsArtifice, the debut collection by Lavinia Singer, is an exploration of the art of making. Its poems celebrate the artistry of craftsmanship: how works relate to beauty, and how they might inspire or ensnare. They consider issues of artificiality and authenticity, the man made and the natural. They warn of artfulness, in the sense of cunning or deception. And they wonder at the mystery of art and language, that which resolutely remains unknown or