Like one of her beloved muses, the Surrealist painter Ren Magritte, Rayne O'Brian understands that behind every object there exists another entity.
She is kin to the ancient Hasidic rebbes, consorting with the spirit that all matter embodies and calling it forth for our edification and delight.
Magritte believed that in a beleaguered world it is much easier to terrorize than to charm.
And so, in these gentle, inventive and surprising poems, the poet chooses, as the great pain.
