It's a lovely spiritual poem - both for its form and what it says.
Weeks ago, during a Pow Wow meeting, Rhina showed me David Anthony's new book and said, "You must buy this book -it's one I know you'll like." I purchased it from AbleMuse; it didn't take that long to arrive. And man was she right! I immediately read it from cover to cover ... and now going back through it more slowly to savor each poem. I heartily agree with Roger - it IS both handsomely put together and a welcomed collection of well-made poems in a wide variety of forms - including a couple triolets (as Rhina knows, one of my favorite forms!), a couple villanelles, a Tanka, ballad, Rondeau and a gorgeous sampling of sonnets, in English, Petrarchan and Nonce forms. I love this little book - for it speaks to me, the way Frost, Robinson, Hardy and Housman do. It, indeed, has 'words to say'...
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