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Early on in this beautiful poetry collection A Hole in the Night, we are told that there is "a field beyond memory and hope." In Lana's words, it is a world infused with warmth, color and vibrancy, a world Van Gogh might have painted. Here, regrets and nightmares live companionably beside the glorious details of daily living: crows, sweet corn, violins, waterfalls, chickens, the presence of Van Gogh's masterpiece The Starry Night, and so much more. Lana's work pays tender homage to her beloved muse and mentor, the late poet Patricia Fargnoli. I read these praise-filled poems and felt blessed to be reminded: "the trees become green again as forgiveness."

—Andrea Potos, author of
The Presence of One Word and Her Joy Becomes

for Vincent

if the cell door does not open
if the barred window holds no moon
close your eyes
listen to the cows lowing
from a dream of childhood
taste the dewy scent of hay
on your dry tongue

there is a field beyond memory or hope
where crows paint
the dayscape like wild
blackberries and leaves
chatter on cool mist mornings—
promise
to let the kiss of sky be enough