false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182227895m/1246895.jpg 1246895 1 Husbands, wives, highwaymen. Children, lovers, fathers and sons. This is a book that considers the damage we do to ourselves and others and the ways we find reconciliation, even wholeness in rituals as ancient as digging in the earth, as modern as that last fatal cocktail. A strong and precise formal coherence governs a central narrative core of twelve sonnets, from which the title poem is taken. Wheeling from that center are poems in the tradition of the Shepherd's Calendar that consider the modern shepherd be he aging father, a man in his prime discontent with his world, or a seventh-grade boy, aching for the end of school -- and his desires, failures, triumphs. Throughout, lyric poems speak to the anxiety, the conflicts of modern life, professional and personal, and the happy coincidences that bring joy. 1235626 15 2 2007 The Highwayman's Wife total:11|5:5|4:5|3:1|2:0|1:0| 11 48 24 3 5 0 false false Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 12:08:20 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 12:11:03 -0800 2008 blog.]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 07 10:19:52 -0800 2008 Fri Aug 21 09:37:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 19 04:52:47 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 04:53:19 -0700 2008 zman_ali2001@hotmail.com]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 11 10:04:18 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 10:04:18 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 17:19:59 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 17:19:59 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jul 25 18:05:27 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 18:05:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Feb 16 15:25:51 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 15:25:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 22 05:48:29 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 05:48:35 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jul 28 16:44:38 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 16:44:38 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jul 08 10:50:45 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 10:50:45 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Jun 29 23:58:48 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 23:58:48 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Jun 28 11:30:03 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 11:30:03 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Jun 28 11:10:29 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 11:10:29 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Jun 27 19:47:55 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 19:47:55 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun May 25 07:12:06 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 07:12:06 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat May 24 10:18:35 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 10:18:39 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Mar 28 12:48:18 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 12:48:20 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Mar 14 17:43:10 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 17:43:10 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Feb 04 00:52:20 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 00:52:20 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jan 22 14:07:37 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 14:07:37 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1246895