Stray by Amanda Dalton Janette Ayachi and the many roles we

and the many roles we play – mother

Luke XV and Luke X

All these phases of life return to the poetry of the past few years

And how do we negotiate the multiple memories

—Kaveh Akbar

Stray by Amanda Dalton Janette Ayachi and the many roles we"Stray" is a book about strays human and animal and about straying. It's about the lost and being lost, searching for home, and it's about the extraordinary places we sometimes discover when we're off the beaten track, deliberately or accidentally off course. It's sometimes a noun and it's sometimes a verb almost a command. As Allan's mind strays and roams, he recasts himself as astronaut Buzz Aldrin. He may be lost in space, but he has an amazing