Subtle and surprising poems connecting the use of bells in wartime with shifts in the nature of affection.

Balancing the bells of the past with the personal life of the present, these poems offer an intimate look at a woman leaving her husband. Against the backdrop of history, honest glimpses of a relationship's ruin reveal surprising connections between the exalted and mundane. Cast from Bells tells a story about people and things dividing and uniting, and the sounds and spaces between bells and bullets.