Under and out from under the shadow of death Joanne Lehman writes in theemptiness between one breath and the next. Her rural Ohio landscape isanimated with roug... » 

Under and out from under the shadow of death Joanne Lehman writes in theemptiness between one breath and the next. Her rural Ohio landscape isanimated with rough and mild weather red wing blackbirds hayfieldswoodlands and the sweet and sometimes tootight lips and rhythms of sectarianlife. These poems speak simply and their mourning memory and healing are abalm for times when a little bit of quiet would do us all a world of good. Thisis a fine first book as meditative wise and joyful as it is bound to locallife on our turning earth. Julia Kasdorf «