<p><strong>With joy and depth, Suzi Rapoport<em> </em>evokes the span of our human journey, in the 44 poems in this collection <em>Butterflies at Hope Station</em>. Their ease and seeming simplicity carry them on wings whose colours come to reveal unexpected subtlety and maturity. </strong>From poem to poem or from line to line, sensuousness can veer into wry honesty, enchantment into down-to-earth humour, and emotional innocence into emotional experience. Gentle yet sharp, with an essential playfulness shaped by moments of cooler detachment, this butterfly-flight points us generously upwards, towards whatever we may be trying to resolve or celebrate in our brief and beautiful lives in this world.</p>