Speak, Shade detailing the perils of an

detailing the perils of an adolescence performed in a uniform of grease and flour and sweat

fiercely candid

tapping the wellspring of inspiration that arises from meditative engagement with the mysteries of the natural world

Like the "one bright flower in a crib of soft mud

Speak, Shade detailing the perils of anRaymond Gibson's sparse, intense, lovely, and ghostly chapbook, Speak, Shade, is born of light and sight. Each poem within is a candle orange rays of illumination, flickering brief and breathless. Gibson reveals tapers of timeless beauty, yet cautions us not to fly too close to the sun. Beginning with "The Cataracts" and ending with "Blink" and "Blind Timescapes," the poet dares us to see what we ordinarily try to shield our eyes from, while offering