The poems in this volume, written over the past fifty years or so, create images that range from stark to elegant and soaring. They paint landscapes in careful strokes that will be familiar to many, but which then sprout issues of character, honor, wisdom, and humor that surprise. The vibrant images, drawn with an intense clarity, offer up these other layers not with harshness, but with gentle suggestion and even whimsy. They are springboards into...
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