<p>Product Description      “Every line in John Kooistra’s poetry is one step deeper―not just into the landscape of the world, but also of the mind.Sure-footed, but open to surprise, linked not just to place, but the connections between places, these poems do not hesitate to inspect a small track in the snow or to stand up straight to take hold of the sudden and miraculous, the past and the present, the deep breathing of ideas, and the persuasion of wilderness. Kooistra, in his poems, always finds those crucial moments when the mind needs to pay attention, but he also knows when to shut up and let the world talk: “The sense in all this / I now make a mystery / by asking.” ―Dan Bourne      Review      “John Kooistra's wondrous poems have always radiated deepest light and mystery. They are fortifying in the ways of all essential presences. I love their radiant quietude.” --Naomi Shihab Nye"The subjects in Long Voyage Gathering Light are real, humane, and presented with compelling intelligence that belies their apparent simplicity, and they take us to places their subjects do not predict. It is refreshing to see such thinking arising naturally from honest and deep consideration and without any force of will or pretension, thinking that takes up nonetheless the major themes of our lives. The craft is sure and authentic; the voice is genuine and finds meaning." --Christopher Buckley      About the Author      As well as a philosophy professor and writer, John Kooistra was a commercial fisherman in Alaska who knew how to repair the engine on his boat and keep himself alive. Those same qualities show up in his poems: the ability to take apart and put together small parts into something big and powerful for the long voyage.</p>

Long Voyage Gathering Light

John Kooistra

Cloudbank Books

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Long Voyage Gathering Light