Woodley Press - In a Place with No Map

Stephen Hind grew up in the Flint Hills and teaches in Hutchinson. This is his third collection of poetry.

About his work:
"I just wanted to write and tell you how much I enjoyed That Trick of Silence. There are some terrific poems in there, and some of the best descriptions of the plains I'e ever read."

Invitation

We once spoke of knowing a place
"like the back of my hand."
Here, I extend this hand.

From an interview with the author:
"A friend of mine who lives in the hills wrote a letter to tell me how much she appreciated In a Place With No Map. She said something like, 'You make me feel privileged to live in such a place, even though you don't whitewash the hardships.' That's the highest praise I could want, that the people who know what I'm talking about would have such a feeling, that I got it right."

In a Place With No Map

When the far path plays out,
you know you are getting
somewhere: home between sky
and stone. Shade your own
steps as you make trail. You
are the one the wind has
moaned for a thousand years.
You are calm, claiming your
kingdom a random way through
the grass where the land says,
Because you love me, your job
is to stay with the world.

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In a Place with No Map
by Steven Hind

5-1/2" X 8-1/2"
76 pages
paperback
1997
$7.00
0-939391-24-4