Speak, Shade Originating as rhyming couplets from

Originating as rhyming couplets from centuries ago

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

detailing the perils of an adolescence performed in a uniform of grease and flour and sweat

tonal qualities and subjects

fiercely candid

Speak, Shade Originating as rhyming couplets fromRaymond 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