Poetry. "From the Hollywood Hills to Nairobi, from Palestine to the World Trade Center, and not least from the locality of the human heart, D. H. Melhem brings her observant eye to journeys both inward and outward. Her family stories are skillfully told elegies and praise poems for both contemporary and legendary women. A visionary with an ingrained sense of history, this poet's deep concern is social justice, but her love of visual beauty will not be denied"--Colette Inez. "D. H. Melhem is one of our brilliant contemporary talents"--Gwendolyn Brooks.