Beyond Even This Comments

The tone from the command of colloquial speech and the 'plain setting(s) gives us a sense of 'home' even in the omninous 'backcountry of the beyond, '-a command of voice that is assuring and persuasive. The poem seems linked to a tradition ('Ohio? A small town place... the dry midwest, ') -Winesburg, Spoon River, Grovers' Corners, but extends it, moves beyond even this turns a new page-transcends, ('... past the dark smoky city on the shore/ of Lake Erie, through the landlocked passages/ to the Great Sweetwater Seas.' Truly exceptional.