New poetry meditates on middle life, memory and the joys of love and living

New poetry meditates on middle life, memory and the joys of love and living

ORONO — When people lie awake with their thoughts, their mind often turns to how life has changed and what may come. Spinning in the dark hours, thoughts swirl with fears, hopes and reflections. People change as they pass through time. So, too, does the world they live in, their friends and their environment and the society they live in.   “The Midnight Work,” Jennifer Moxley’s eighth book of poetry, contemplates these changes as she enters and …