Pastoral, 1994 Author|Issa Musharbash setting Michael and his dad

setting Michael and his dad on a fast-paced adventure to find and rescue Jet

" - Paul Schurke

These poems model benevolence and presence

and his theatrical skills

Pastoral, 1994 Author|Issa Musharbash setting Michael and his dadJoe 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