My Wolf

My Wolf is the third chapbook from Kate McNairy, following June Bug (2014) and Light to Light (2016). Its poems move through dreamlike scenes: colors that gossip with one another, a pampered coat bound for the dry cleaner, and a wolf with gemstone eyes howling beneath a bed.

The mood shifts from playful to enchanted to sorrowful, and no two poems feel alike. Through this range, the collection takes a light and sometimes humorous look at mortality.