Speak, Shade tapping the wellspring of inspiration

tapping the wellspring of inspiration that arises from meditative engagement with the mysteries of the natural world

Originating as rhyming couplets from centuries ago

tonal qualities and subjects

naturalist and author of Once Removed

Speak, Shade tapping the wellspring of inspirationRaymond Gibson's sparse, intense, lovely, and ghostly chapbook, Speak, Shade, is born of light and sight. Each poem within is a candle orange rays of illumination, flickering brief and breathless. Gibson reveals tapers of timeless beauty, yet cautions us not to fly too close to the sun. Beginning with "The Cataracts" and ending with "Blink" and "Blind Timescapes," the poet dares us to see what we ordinarily try to shield our eyes from, while offering