Pastoral, 1994 Author|Issa Musharbash and his theatrical skills

and his theatrical skills

Pey enjoys geocaching and keeping their cat

These poems model benevolence and presence

Randall speaks from his heart

Pastoral, 1994 Author|Issa Musharbash and his theatrical skillsJoe 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