The flying parliament, and other poems

A collection of lyric and narrative poems juxtaposing intimate domestic and artisanal scenes with the vastness of war and flight. Long pieces dramatize a Venetian piazza and a woodcarver’s reflections on pigeons, aviators, and the moral reach of nations, while other poems meditate on loss, patriotism, and the spiritual costs of conflict. Shorter lyrics move through pastoral, seaside, and seasonal imagery to consider art, faith, and memory. Recurrent motifs of birds, ships, and carved figures bind personal grief and natural beauty to recurring hopes for moral and communal renewal.