In this new book of poetry, Gary K. Olson's keen observations of life's intimate moments, large and small, come to life with wit and emotional grace. Thesepoems open up the deep issues of life and the beauty of the natural worldwith startling simplicity."Gary Olson's poetry sings with the rhythm of life, the thought and feelingof being deeply alive. He writes as a master of the metaphor sothat as one reads of ordinary things something truly extraordinary isrevealed. The beauty of the earth, the wonder of growing, the ecstasyof love for the young and the older, the haunting specter of death, thefledging faith for the final future--all this is his territory, traversed withhumor, humility and great passion. He writes of a Drummer, at timesheard distinctly and then more faintly as one steps into the surpriseof a new day. There's a theology here, rooted in the classic themes ofChristian faith and revealed vividly in the ordinariness and wonder ofexistence.

"Paul R. Sponheim, Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology,Luther Seminary, St. Paul.