The poems in Derek Annis\'s debut collection, Neighborhood of Gray House s, wander through a landscape darkened by childhood abandonment and loss, before coming to rest in a home illuminated by new life and cautious optimism.
Ultimately, the birth of the speaker\'.
The speaker comes to consciousness at a time when parental contracts have been breached and in a world falling apart, and as it falls apart, the poems become increasingly surreal, increasingly sure of the world\'s uncertainty.
The poems in Derek Annis\'s debut collection, Neighborhood of Gray House s, wander through a landscape darkened by childhood abandonment and loss, before coming to rest in a home illuminated by new life and cautious optimism