Polishing the Petoskey Stone: Selected Poems by Luci Shaw broccoli "Longtime readers of these poems

"Longtime readers of these poems will renew old acquaintances and pick up a sheaf of new friends besides

any backyard enthusiast or gardener can confidently dive into beekeeping with this book in hand (or daydream about harvesting their own honey while relaxing in the comfort of an armchair)

and even portraits

House Wren

they were reintroduced in what the editors characterize as 'a change of heart

Polishing the Petoskey Stone: Selected Poems by Luci Shaw broccoli "Longtime readers of these poems"Luci Shaw is someone who knows the world the oldest definition of a poet. Her animating intelligence descends into the concrete facts of our existence to discover the divine force that shapes the world and maintains its being. Her poetry recapitulates that intimate naming by which man defines himself the first role God assigned to the human creature." Harold Fickett, author of The Holy Fool "Longtime readers of these poems will renew old