"Every poet has a voice, some thin and some strong. J.C. Ellefson has an honest-to-God howl - the long, musical kind that breaks hearts for miles in any direction. His inspiration here is Whitman, but Ellefson isn't satisfied with simple literary allusion. He's out to contain actual multitudes - intelligent collies, drunken horse wranglers, old women who burn with wisdom, hole-in-the-wall pot farmers, blacksmiths left bereft when their day is done...
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