I recently finished reading the poetry book We Are Meant to Carry Water, a wonderful, collaborative effort by the poets Tina Carlson, Stella Reed and Katherine Diabella Seluja. Such an interesting project, they’ve taken on the task of re-imagining of myths that include both Greek and Hebrew mythology traditions (possibly more, I’m not certain). The book is filled with intriguing and poignant images throughout.

I think my favorite poem in the book had to be “Something Wild.” These closing lines, in particular, transported me with their startling storytelling and imagery, as the young girls in the poem name constellations: “The rest are their invention:/Broken Tooth, Wooden Horse, Piano Bench, as if gossamer light/could anchor them to the spinning top of their world, to the burning/roof of their fate.”

Put out by Three: A Taos Press, this book is definitely worth your time.