The Dead One, The Unconscious One, Thundering in Your Ear, Thriving Slumber by Jay Gao #metoo have really shown themselves to

have really shown themselves to work

rendered with sharp lyricism and cinematic intimacy

Diminished

We find ourselves in the moment

which is both its suffering and its joy

The Dead One, The Unconscious One, Thundering in Your Ear, Thriving Slumber by Jay Gao #metoo have really shown themselves toJay Gao's second collection is an ambitious book length poem that reimagines trees as sites of dreaming, language, and desire. Formally inspired by the commonplace book and medieval dream visions, Jay Gao's work unfolds through leaf like fragments and long, branching lines that stretch across the page, creating a serial, visionary rewiring between nature and language. Digging deep into land extraction, climate crises, invasive species and migration,