Key nouns rule this collection: God, trees, heart. Rilke presides over the beautiful poems - every line of his poem an anchor that keeps us attached to every poem Ann Iverson has written. Great truths that are visible in all of Iverson's wonderful poetry collections are that her touch, her tone, and her wisdom about when enough words are enough shines in each book. In No Feeling Is Final, there is deep faith in God and also in language itself. Iverson is a poet whose lyric poems speak to the heart of the matter, page after page. It is good to have another fine collection by Ann Iverson in our world. Deborah Keenan, author of ten poetry collections, and a book of writing ideas, From Tiger to Prayer No Feeling is Final, but finally all feelings matter in Ann Iverson's lovely and haunting book: it is this sense of life as an ongoing opening to acceptance that frames this book throughout. In "When the World," a poem written in response to the pandemic, Iverson writes: We saw darkness. /We saw light. We opened the windows/ to let air in /and we began to breathe. This opening to light and air, to breathing in the world, happens not only in this poem but in poems throughout the book. Iverson quotes these lines from Rilke: Nearby is the country they call life./You will know it by its seriousness. Iverson's poems both cherish and celebrate this life-affirming seriousness. Jim Moore, author of six poetry collections, including Prognosis and Underground In her newest volume of poems, one that miraculously avoids bitterness, poet Ann Iverson chronicles the losses of life. Rilke’s words help shape the volume, along with images that provide a map of her vision: not that there’s beauty in loss, but that we must see the world’s beauty to bear the loss. Even though loss sounds out like a chapter in the wind, we can rely on the grace of the world to steady us: A dole of doves, a bevy of larks, a bend in the tree, the hummingbird’s charm. This beautiful volume shows that though the heart will be misused, we still need it to see that there is “so much to be thankful for at dawn.” Tracy Youngblom, author of Growing Big and One Bird a Day