Melancholy and gratitude
A slim debut volume of poems is by turns elegiac and allusive. And—whether focussed on a widow’s grief, a wife of Henry VIII, or rain in Tofino—it roves widely as well. —Isabella Ranallo reviews Portraits, by Lacey Jones (N.p.: Nerdy Kat Books, 2025) $14.36 / 9780986120886