The Huntress

In this emotional follow-up toThe Zoo Father,a daughter is haunted by her mentally ill mother until a series of remarkable transformations help her to conquer painful childhood memories. Over the course of the collection, the feared mother becomes a rattlesnake, an Aztec goddess, a Tibetan singing bowl, a stalagmite, a praying mantis, and then a ghost orchid, yet in the central poem the daughter becomes a cosmic stag and escapes her mother-huntress.

Three Horses	p. 7
The Snake House	p. 8
The Summoner	p. 9
The Den	p. 10
Portrait of My Mother as Xipe Totec	p. 11
House of Darkness	p. 12
The Rattlesnake Mother	p. 13
Her Mouse Daughter	p. 14
My Mother's Mirror	p. 15
The Feast	p. 17
After the Washing-Up	p. 18
Portrait of My Mother as Coatlicue	p. 19
Visit of the Were-Deer	p. 20
My Mother's Wings	p. 21
Portrait of My Brother as an Endurance Runner	p. 22
The Mantis Mother	p. 23
The Mineral Mother	p. 24
The Children's Asylum	p. 25
A Cure	p. 26
My Mother's Tongue	p. 27
The Witch Bottle	p. 28
The Singing Bowl	p. 29
Mother of Pearl	p. 30
My Mother's Perfume	p. 31
The Ghost Orchid	p. 32
When I Talk With My Mother	p. 33
Descent into the Cirque de Navacelle	p. 34
The Limestone Madonna in the Grotte des Demoiselles	p. 35
A Hornets' Nest	p. 37
The Spell	p. 38
The Dragonfly Daughter	p. 39
The Grass Snake	p. 41
Song Orchids	p. 42
At the Gate of Secrets	p. 43
Lunettes	p. 49
Oxygen	p. 50
The Orchid Hunter	p. 51
Noon in the Orchid House, Kew Gardens	p. 52
The Mirror Orchid	p. 53
House of Solitude	p. 56
Carving the Dead Elm of Le Caylar	p. 57
The Door Flower	p. 59
Unearthly Languages	p. 62
A Piano Flower	p. 63
Acknowledgements	p. 64
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