Charles Bachman's book of poems, "When Ariel Danced on the Moon," takes its title from its festive, celebratory last poem, in which an imagined dance by Shakespeare's Ariel --a metaphor for poetry and spiritual vision-- would bring to vibrant life what is effectively dead and dormant. Bachman's life experience, including nearly twenty years of studying Native American literatures and cultures, convinces him that poetic vision is akin to spiritual vision in having power to reveal and sometimes transform the natural world, including the landscape and those beings who live in it--our brothers...