Time Is a Mother with strangers

with strangers

And hope is the thing with fire

that reverberates with the questions of histories past

and indispensable friendships--reflecting on the way art

Time Is a Mother with strangers"Take your time with these poems, and return to them often." The Washington Post The New York Times bestselling collection of poems from the award winning writer Ocean Vuong How else do we return to ourselves but to fold The page so it points to the good part In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of personal and social loss, embodying the paradox of sitting in grief while being determined