North Carolina Literary Review

ALT “What the Light Leaves Hidden by Terry Kennedy is an enchanting fairy tale of an elegy, complicated and tender, and probing in its exploration of loss, the only constant of our human condition, always in tension with a world that demands the living move on, even when not ready. Lightning bugs and bees, blossoms of hydrangea and lilies, rabbits and hawks at the river’s edge come and go throughout Kennedy’s memory landscape. I can’t remember another book of poetry that manages to be as honest about the seductive nature of grief while also providing a balm that soothes the ache of grieving.” Kathleen Driskell