Nature provides the lexicon ofampampnbspde Kooning Snow. The poems inampampnbspdeampampnbspKooningampampnbspSnowampampnbspnegotiate many kinds of loss metaphorically represented as kinds ofampampnbspsnow. Classifications ofampampnbspsnow such as prisms cups columns dendrites and scrolls mark places among the poems as when in a weaving the warp becomes visible. The title poemampampnbspframes presence meaning memory and erasure. Several of the poems are contained in panels like RauschenbergampamprsquosampampnbspWhite Paintings. As the poem ampampldquoGlacierampamprdquo reflects the arc of the book is lyrical rather than narrative ampampldquofrom point A to point A no point at all.ampamprdquo The poem ampampldquoThe Last ofampamprdquo placed second for the Joy Harjo Poetry Award judged by Dorianne Laux. Three of the poems have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize ten have been anthologized.