Laura Altshul\'s Looking Out combines moving poems of introspection with those that offer close observation of the outer world.
However, not all her portraits are entirely sympathetic, as when she describes a mo.
Adept at achieving Keatsian "negative capability," she often projects herself into other speakers to give us insight into their struggles for survival.
She is able to be at one with the natural world and also has an electric way of submerging herself in the lives of others.
Laura Altshul\'s Looking Out combines moving poems of introspection with those that offer close observation of the outer world