The poems in Moving House are grounded in the sometimes 
haunted landscapes of South Carolina, a setting rich with the flavors 
of ripe peaches and tomatoes and fresh-caught shrimp. The speaker 
of these poems turns her attention to the ordinary objects of her 
Southern home, seeing artistry in the scales of a fish, the pearly 
buttons of a linen shirt, a missed eclipse, a sprig of morning glory 
run wild. In the interaction between story, history, family, and 
memory, these poems find meaning rooted in the land, a source of 
both fear and wonder.

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LISA HAMMOND RASHLEY is an associate professor of English 
at the University of South Carolina Lancaster. Her poems have 
appeared in such journals as Southern Poetry Review, South 
Carolina Review, and North Carolina Literary Review.