Peering in the Windows, by Rory Rucker

Poetry, chapbook, 32 pages, from Bottlecap Features.

Peering in the Windows is a house with hundreds of rooms, with each poem a sighting of what is inside. It is a passage through the blurring of dreams and memory. Evocative and surreal, it is a reflection of loss and what we choose to remember.

With haunting imagery reminiscent of a world unlike our own, it steps into the places discovered when one is willing to turn and look. The poems often feel like the act of dreaming before waking up, before the dream becomes a memory. Peering in the Windows is a reflective debut, confronting the emptiness that comes with sorrow.

Rory Rucker is a Brooklyn based poet and writer. Her blog, Through the Clouds, is a collection of personal essays, poetry, prose, and musings on life. You can find her reading the bench plaques in Central Park or meticulously collaging at night in her bedroom.