To read Peter Huggins, all one needs is a familiarity with two verbs: wonder and wish. He is continually wondering -- what would it be like to be a painter, to be a firefly, to talk with God? Ah, the reader thinks, I see: romantic daydreams. But then Huggins jerks us back to earth and reminds us why we should wish to be what we already are.In one of the most touching poems in the collection, he wishes to be present at the meeting of an unborn child with her sister and brother -- he says he would curl around the edges of their talk/And listen. Poetry fans, and all readers, will want to curl around this book and listen to Huggins's gentle true voice.
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