Isles of Firm GroundIn wondrous, singing translation by Mike Soto, these spare, striking poems by Ignacio Ruiz Perez explore the infinite solitude of the universe. The poems of Ignacio Ruiz Perez reflect a world precariously dependent on the word, but also transfixed by the word. They express a metaphysical shift where the laws of heaven and earth are suspended, transformed into a terrain of the journey inward, reflecting a cosmos of the self. The simplicity of these