War is a God that demands Human Sacrifice

"This chapbook invites us to linger with the ugly side of war, instead of hide from it. Muriel T. Stackley's words - simple, unflinching - and Robert Joy's art help us travel a chronological path to a circumspect place where we may embrace our outrage and begin to craft hope." -- Debra Sapp-Yarwood, playwrith/essayist

"Cultural preferences are stripped away in this richly meaningful combination of art and text. Marvelously witty inter-woven poems and images present voices of prayer, voices calling for social change - in brief, sharp images. These poems express understated and full-on common sense, with sly and moving overtones. Stackley offers us the voice of a spiritual heart and head, calling for an end to the feeding and worship of the god of war." -- Ami Regier, Professor of English, Bethel College