sensing the spirit incarnate in every part of the living world
the first time he had expressed himself on the subject
whilst the images pose another means of representation
Grudgings words are a shovel jabbed into the musty earth
Erosions by John A. Griffin PRE-ORDER Alexander Tvardovsky sensing the spirit incarnate inErosions is John A. Griffins first full length book of poems. Written shortly after he emigrated to the United States, the poems comprise a kind of Bildungsroman exploring themes of boyhood innocence, fantasy, landscapes, nature, death, loss, absence, exile, and a coming into ones powers as one seeks to apprehend the changes wrought by time, epiphany, and departure. Absence, lines, natural forces, spirituality, and extinction are all leitmotifs in the