In the mid-90's I read a review of a collection of poetry by a writer
in the mid-West.  One poem particularly liked by the reviewer
described the annual harvest evacuation of the fields by field mice,
and mentioned grumbling grannies, creaking wheels, lanterns dangling
from wagons.  It seemed a marvelous set of images, but like a fool I
failed to either cut and save the article, or write down the poet and
title.  I've tried various Google searches, and emailed poets'
societies in a number of mid-West states, without success.  Even the
Library of Congress was no help.

I want the name of the poet and title of his collection. With that I'm
sure I can hunt out a copy of the book for myself.

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Request for Question Clarification by luciaphile-ga on 14 Jun 2005 13:14 PDT

Do you call what type of publication the review came from? (e.g.
magazine, newspaper)?

Thanks,
luciaphile-ga

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Clarification of Question by hollisterjohn-ga on 15 Jun 2005 11:03 PDT

I'm pretty sure the review was in the San Jose Mercury, but it was
definitely a newspaper.  My attempts to search the Murky's archives
were also unsuccessful.