Speak, Shade he uses the word beautiful

he uses the word beautiful sixteen times

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One of the poems in Jon Tribble's Natural State observes that "the finest / moment of our lives may not matter at all

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Speak, Shade he uses the word beautifulRaymond 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