Ways of Listening

The poems in Rosemary Willey’s Intended Place are flawless meditations on possibility and denial… From the very first few pages, we realize that this voice embodies empathy and to-the-point inquiry. She cannot keep her mind off the real things of this world, touching where it feels good and where it pains, always snapping the chanced wishbone, and we are more blessed and richer for her daring talent. – Yusef Komunyaka