These are the poems of a grown man who has endeavored to gaze steadily at his subject(s): love (see "Peggy" ), lyrical arguments for tolerance of all kinds, sly humor, and every poem, every one, is infused with gratitude and joy. --Thomas Lux, Georgia Institute of Technology Eugene Bianchi's poems come from an extraordinarily rich spiritual and sensual life, one in which the poet moves beyond the "tamed divinity" of a highly material world . . . --Ronald Schuchard, Emory University Bianchi's poems put a tender, spiritual touch to suffering, aging, relationships, connections to animals, along...