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Curb in Eden: New Version

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Enzweiler's new working of his collection is an eloquent and deeply revealing tribute to his father, as attested in his dedication For My Father In All The Cold Houses. The book reveals much about the son--adolescent love lost and pioneer adventure pursued and realized--yet deeply characterizes the father in images, particularly of the man's hands, that can't help but touch the reader. In memory the son observes of his father "How young his hands are";later in life he touches his dead father's folded hands--"those frail enormities"--yet insists "But my father's hand felt solid once." And in the final poem "The Dream House," the speaker avows "I'll be with him soon,/take his workman hands in mine...."

This book is a deeply affirming testament to the lifelong respect a son carries for his father. It is a tribute poetically rendered with honesty and accuracy.