"Some poems (and some poets) have staying power, and some do not.
This is a wonderful collection." Robert Leo Heilman, author ofOverstory: Zero, Real Life in Timber Country "There are poets among us, more than we can recognize, not letting life\'s mysteries and gif.
Kelly\'s work will be just as true and compelling thirty years from now.
I first read James Ross Kelly \'s tree planting poem,"Forester", thirty-something years ago and here it is again, as fresh, and real as it was then. "Some poems (and some poets) have staying power, and some do not