![]() wrap yourself in darkness/ see/ what you're missing."" Another poem, ""The Barn,"" describes the animals emerging from their shelter after a storm as if from the Ark, ""From the damp shadows/ of its hold,/ the stamping, snorting/ voyagers come forward/ two by two."" Minor's illustrations neatly combine fidelity to nature with emblems of the art of writing. Many of the poems offer an invitation to view the world more closely: a mole says, ""ome on down. A girl with pen in hand-and a computer mouse as well as the furry, whiskered variety close by-sits in a barn writing poetry at a desk this image frames the collection, which follows the writer from morning to night, closing with ""a poem about a barn"" where not only bales of hay but ""stanzas/ are/ stacked/ to the ceiling."" Some poems describe what the girl sees from her perch-the sheep that from a distance look like ""soft gray caps of mushrooms/ too big to be believed"" and a scarecrow whose ""round astonished eyes/ observe with more than painted-on surprise/ a black snake flow like water down a hole."" The imagery is crisp, taut and always apt. This thoughtful book of poems celebrates the creative process. ![]()
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