Echos of Frederico Garcia Lorca,#xA0;Yiannis Ritsons, and Rumi#xA0;add#xA0;exoticism to this poet's#xA0;deceptively simple style. Combining confession#xA0;with analytical rigor, most of these poems are variations on classic themes, but they are driven by the particulars#xA0;of#xA0;politics, love, and family life. As the poems progress, repeated symbolssuch as#xA0;cars, coats, cups,#xA0;rooms, bees, and rosesbegin to hint#xA0;that the poet has a secret#xA0;recipe for#xA0;contentment: home and hearth, travel, warm weather, and a belief in human growth.