The poems in this collection arise from the vivid awareness that we are immersed in mystery. Dwelling in the shadow of Gabriel's wing, we are called to embrace the plenitude of miracle and melancholy that weave our lives. The cover painting of Caspar David Friedrich intimates this spirit: two gazes-a man's and a woman's-contemplate and converge in a vision beyond themselves. A vast sky canopies a somber forest: at the penumbral verge of luminous and tenebrous realms, their surrender embodies the harmony of opposites-the present moment permeated by eternal presence, coalescence of the...