All the Stars Blown to One Side of the Sky : Virtual Artists Collective : 9780944048573 : 0944048579 : 28 May 2014 : "I nearly lost balance," Lorraine Henrie Lins writes, "looking that straight up / to the smudged glow / where the moon would be / and then not be and then be again." It may seem odd to praise a poet for losing balance, but isn't that the poet's job: to help us risk a little unsteadiness on our feet? Faced with this world of unsettling beauty and dizzying loss, how can we not feel a little vertigo? In All the Stars Blown to One Side of the Sky Lins offers us a tutorial in how to rejoice and grieve, how to let ourselves be intoxicated by the universe in which we live and how to survive its challenges. In lovingly crafted poems she shows us how it's possible to lose control and keep it at the same time. That's why I turn to poetry; it offers a safe place to take risks. In this astonishing book Lorraine Henrie Lins teaches us by example; how to come to terms with the confusi