The lion's share of the poems contained in this book was written under the influence of the wolf pack moon during the months of January and February of 2015. This is the name of the winter moon as given by the Algonquin Indians that hunted and gathered the Great Lakes State of Michigan where the author spent his youth. The hard northern winters are a battle between optimism and pessimism and these poems are a reflection of that struggle. These are verses of the lands within and the lands without as written beneath the glow of the wolf pack moon.

City Slicker's Guide to the Amish Country is a travel book that transcends genres. Author Richard Rensberry's poetic descriptions and poetry take you into a diverse landscape populated by Amish businesses, Michigan's robust wildlife, picturesque countryside, commerce, politics and local flair. You get a front row seat to what it's like to live beyond the city limits of both suburbia and the inner city mindset. It is a travel book into the heart and soul of rural America, a community ruled by common sense, hard work, generosity, and God. Richard's travel book welcome's you with open arms into...