Family Tree

Family Tree is a lovely collection of freeverse poetry with clever turns of phrases, fresh metaphors, and lots of relatable situations. I admire the way Clay takes a childhood or adult view of God and draws it into a deeper vision, and she uses ordinary events to do so. “If You Love Him,” for example, talks about Clay’s pets she had growing up and how the pet-human relationship, no matter how loving, is a faint reflection of our human-God relationship. (It’s also my favorite poem, being an animal-lover myself.)

I loved this insightful, beautiful collection!