<p>These poems touch caress ponder and probe myriad facets of the world's body that tangible earthy presence that sustains and enlivens us. A daughter in her fashion of all-encompassing Walt Theresa Burns revels in the whole of the tuneful yet muddy yet encouraging yet saddening drama the great participial thrust Walt was so keen on-living. Carefully wrought each poem has that this-is-a-leaf-from-the-earth feel a fullness of feeling that is explicit and-to use one of the poet's words-<em>evergreen</em>.</p><p>-Baron Wormser <em>Songs from a Voice</em></p>