January Nicole Wilson has again written a thoughtful and provocative collection of poetry with The Lily & The Aster, her third book. In this book, Wilson uses a Japanese form of poetry, the haiku, to communicate her message. Each haiku is a meditation on the love, music and politics that fill her daily life. To borrow the title from her second chapter, time and again her poetry is "a confession of joy." She uses haiku to introduce three travel essays, included in The Lily & The Aster. Each essay tells a gripping story of adventure in three different regions of the world, spanning Europe & Africa.