![]() ![]() ![]() The title poem subtly captures the struggle between belief in a higher love and the cruel reality of the old South. Two angels appear in a motel room: “Grizzled, / in leather biker gear.” In “Hill Country,” the rolling cadence traces the journey of God himself across rising and falling terrain in a jeep with the windows down. ![]() Smith begins with ravishing lyrics of earthy spirituality. Poetry requires acts of exquisite selection and distillation that Smith, poet laureate of the United States, performs with virtuosity and passion throughout her profoundly affecting fourth collection. ![]()
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