Spiral Trace: A Poem

Praise for Jack Marshall: "\[Marshall\] understands that all worlds, the material and the spiritual, are one, and that the neighborhoods and cities that no longer exist can be conjured by memory and reanimated by art."—*San Francisco Chronicle* **From "Spiral Trace":** *Only on the way down does the sun make my day, as in a grove of trees, a stroll will smell of pharmacy eucalyptus, sage, menthol.* Born in Brooklyn to Jewish parents who emigrated from Iraq and Syria, **Jack Marshall**'s poetry has received the PEN Center USA Award, two Northern California Book Awards, and a finalist nomination from the National Book Critics Circle.