The poems in I Sleep Between the Moons of
New Mexico are as condensed and glittering as the facets of
a diamond. Words are used with a beautiful, powerful
economy that expresses healing, anti-war, nature, the human
experience, and other large themes. This is imagistic
poetry that combines the complex metaphorical emotion and
meaning of Emily Dickenson with the intense visual language
of an H.D. or Amy Lowell. Davis's skill as a pastel artist
has been metamorphised into words that explore an interior
New Mexico landscape as spare, extravagant, and unique as a
Steller's Jay flashing blue wings against the backdrop of
soaring red cliffs.
