Naming the Wind Cultural Communication Or that it's easier to

Or that it's easier to get planning permission for a nuclear power station than turning an old barn into a restaurant

"—Alexander Pushkin

especially Mother’s Day

Just as we have harnessed the power of animals to aid us in war and work

Naming the Wind Cultural Communication Or that it's easier toPoems that navigate the complexities of human relationships, personal ethics, and religious tradition. Wind moves through this collection, opening the poems to the dying beauty of the natural world, to the weathers inside the psyche and without, and to the connections between a family and between the speaker his mentor, the great poet Jack Gilbert. The collection navigates the intimacies of human relationships with others, the challenges of working as