This is the second of three full length collection of poetry by Bruce Kauffman. It is an expansion of a previously published chap book, entitled seed (The Plowman Press, 2005). This book is divided into three sections: the "Prologue," "Seed," and the "Epilogue." The first and last section, somewhat themed, act as both an expansion of and cover for the middle section that was the chapbook itself, and laid out exactly as it was in 2005.

These quiet meditations offer lovely moments of clarity and expansion that "sew / history to future / with the fine needle of heart." In the poets words, they are a "preface of hope."
- Susan McMaster, Poet and Editor


Bruce Kauffman writes of seeing "with a naked heart" - a phrase that encapsulates much of this striking new collection. These are tough little poems that grapple with lifes paradoxes and with mortality itself; but they also undulate and whisper and resonate with a graceful silence. Kauffmans is ultimately a poetry of renewal and expansiveness. His poets eye ranges from low to...