Natural State New Release in the spaces Merchant skillfully

in the spaces Merchant skillfully creates between what we are grateful for

and Sharon Tracey reveal the best of their work and their underlying philosophies

carved with Humanity - beam

/ a copper moon / above a vanishing prairie' and you will

Natural State New Release in the spaces Merchant skillfullyOne of the poems in Jon Tribble's Natural State observes that "the finest moment of our lives may not matter at all." That's a devastating truth, but Tribble's poems about growing up in Arkansas make every moment he renders matter, and matter deeply. Natural State may be Tribble's first collection, but it's as polished, mature, and wise as most poets' fourth or fifth, and it not only matters, its publication is one of contemporary poetry's finest