Skylight

Poetry from a writer celebrated as one of the most distinctive voices of her generation

Among the thirty-five poems in Skylight are sonnets, sestinas, and free verse forms on topics ranging from politics to architecture and science. In one volume, Muske-Dukes, National Book Award finalist and former Poet Laureate of California, incorporates multitudes, unified by her lyrical style and rapier-sharp observations.

The sonnet "Fireflies"

Explores a strained relationship that is healed, for one moment, in a nighttime walk lit by the pulsing signals of firefly life.

"The Funeral"

Confronts the stark playground atmosphere in the wake of a child's funeral.

In the melancholy and unforgettable title poem

An "apartment in the sky" in New York City spins before the reader's eyes.