These poems model benevolence and presence
The glorious table of contents of The Reveal lists luxurious titles that combine effusion and a delicate sharpness (you must stop and read it alone
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Pastoral, 1994 Author|Issa Musharbash These poems model benevolence andJoe Wilkins' Pastoral, 1994 calls compellingly into the lyric quietness, labor, and rituals of the rural West and its communities, bringing readers close to the earth, to the ditches, to the "flowery stink of alfalfa hot breath of wheat." Enfolding its reader in a living, breathing landscape, this collection tenderly approaches the livesof humans, of sheep, of cottonwood, and barn owlthat collide and entangle with each other. With a gentle yet