ampampquotIn her enchanting collection of poems Cynthia Buiza traces ampampquotthe shape of memories the noise they makeampampquot with a delicate uncompromising touch. Her calm melodious lines push open the doors we tell ourselves we cannot open doors to rooms that hold what we believe we cannot face ampampquotmother lover loss.ampampquot Distilled from years of longing and griefwork of solitary walks and communal rituals Buizas wisdom is sweet wine for bitter times.ampampquotBoris Dralyuk poet translator and EditorinChief of Los Angeles Review of BooksampampquotCynthia Buizas poetry continues to witness unceasingly inviting us to join her in what I call as the last vigil to a passing world where despite the odds and doubts she continues to recollect the tracks and thoughts of our fugitive fragile lives now enshrined in a foreign tongue she has recoiled and reconciled as her own domicile a second skin.ampampquotKristian Sendon Cordero poet and translatorampampquotWhat does poetry look like from the notebooks of a life thoughtfully walked These pages reflect the maturity of consequence filled by a migrant advocate world citizen and a spirit who has held poetry long enough to understand its torrents.ampampampnbspPoetry for those who stroll outside its white walls is a ampampquotmiracle at dawn.ampampquot And there are many miracles in this debut collection language as a ampampquotdance between mercy and graceampampquot so much thinking so much survival so much courage from a poet who paves her journey by documenting the everyday vanishings and appearances.ampampquotBino A. Realuyo author ofampampampnbspThe Gods We Worship Live Next Doorampampampnbspand cofounder of The Asian American Writers WorkshopampampquotMany worlds collide in the poetry of Cynthia Buiza but what remains with the reader are the worlds of the new country visavis the old homeland.