If I Had Said Beauty Board Games and a former executioner who

and a former executioner who is responsible for ending sixty-two lives

Those not surprised that we were there

and cultural

As the nation maneuvers the detectives closer to the truth

If I Had Said Beauty Board Games and a former executioner whoIf I Had Said Beauty, Tami Haaland's fourth collection of poetry, is dedicated to "known and unknown" ancestors. It explores the possible narratives and distant origins of what lies behind a sense of self including recent and ancient DNA, recessive and dominant traits, mitochondrial underpinnings, and an intricate microbiome. Luminous and spare, the poems seek to unravel and speculate, document and lament what happens in a life and what might have