<p>Imagine watching a moose drink from a lake at nightfall. Gazing deep into a coyote’s eyes. Dancing rain that makes everyone young.</p><p><em>Havoc ' Solace: Poems from the Inland West</em> is a shining example of accessible and engaging poetry that restores a vital connection with our natural world. Through the eyes of an award-winning poet, these poems take us beyond physical, mental, and historical constraints, to the wild beating heart of life in the American inland West.</p><p>Is it possible to experience an American region through writing? If the possibility exists, it is through this book.</p><p>Braided through the writing:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>Why are we strangers, awkward with each other?</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>Who are we, left standing?</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>Show us how to bear the numbness, or the blazing and the chill.</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>Help us face forward, listen, breathe each other’s air</em>.</strong></p></blockquote>
