It is no coincidence that, propelled by our times, our most talented emerging poets are women; and the deeply moving evidence Grace Curtis presents in The Shape of a Box is of a gifted voice set free to perceive that the "universe, not infinitelybig, not infinitely old, must endat the edge of the yard, proof thata river stops at its bend."This is important work, deeply felt and beautifully crafted. It gives the reader ease. Buy this book.Charles Bane, Jr. author of The Chapbook, Love Poems; creator of The Meaning Of Poetry series for The Gutenberg Project, nominee , Poet Laureate of Florida.