Fifty-six contemporary poets are featured in this anthology of Inland Pacific Northwest poetry. Regional writers -- including Sherman Alexie, Irv Broughton, Anita Endrezze, Caroline Kizer, Robert Wrigley, and others -- celebrate the region's character and its natural wonders and call attention to potential threats to the area's well-being. The Death Of Betrand Russell by Floyce M. Alexander Poem To Save My Country by Floyce M. Alexander Recuerdo Del Tiempo Perdido: 6. Pullman by Floyce M. Alexander Red Deer by Floyce M. Alexander Futures by Sherman Alexie Indian Boys Dream Of Icarus by Sherman Alexie Sinners In The Hands Of God by Sherman Alexie Hoko River Project by Chris Anderson Three Stages Of The Body by Chris Anderson Birds On A Pond At Dusk by Keith Aubrey Whalesong by Keith Aubrey Hymn by Dick Bakken Wedding Gift: Four Spoons, A Jar Of Honey, Dried Rosehips by Dick Bakken Conconully by Valorie (nakama) Bejarano Geothermal by Valorie (nakama) Bejarano Nespelem, Colville Reservation by Valorie (nakama) Bejarano Little By Little by Jim Bodeen Replenishing The Neighborhood by Jim Bodeen Sorting The Spears, The Lead Women by Jim Bodeen For My Father by Jim Bradford On A Bus In Eastern Washington by Jim Bradford Two Winter Walks: 1. Saturn In Leo by Jim Bradford Two Winter Walks: 2. Neptune In Capricorn by Jim Bradford Death by Randall Brock The Double-quick by Randall Brock Hard by Randall Brock Poem by Randall Brock Poem by Randall Brock The American Dreams by Irv Broughton The Marsh Poets by Irv Broughton Pigeons by Irv Broughton Summer's Last Day by Irv Broughton Drops And Bubbles by Bernadette Carlson Idiosyncrasy by Bernadette Carlson One by Bernadette Carlson Wide Meadow by Bernadette Carlson Cardboard Against The Rain by Kent Chadwick For Tom Robbins by Kent Chadwick Framework by Sharon Clark-burland Postpartum by Sharon Clark-burland The Cousin At The Funeral by Gillian Conoley Rush Hour by Gillian Conoley The Sound I Make Leaving by Gillian Conoley Woman Speaking Inside Film Noir by Gillian Conoley Come With Me Now by Gary Cooper Crossing The Sound by Gary Cooper I-90, Still Heading West by Gary Cooper In His Summer, He Waited by Gary Cooper Digging Spuds by William Johnson Cory Ode To Steelhead by William Johnson Cory Palouse by William Johnson Cory Passage by William Johnson Cory Vanishing Point by William Johnson Cory Being Dangerous Alaska Style For A Spokane Native by Tom Davis The Columnar Basalt Of Moses Coulee by Tom Davis A Great Day By God by Tom Davis Driving Home by Madeline Defrees Extended Outlook by Madeline Defrees Keeping Up With The Signs by Madeline Defrees Nights Of Flint And Snow by Madeline Defrees Pendant Watch by Madeline Defrees The Register by Madeline Defrees Tumbleweed by Madeline Defrees The Language Of Fossils (vantange, Wa.) by Anita Endrezze-danielson Medicine Woman's Daughter: Charm To Keep You Part Of Whole by Anita Endrezze-danielson One Thing, Too Much by Anita Endrezze-danielson Ways To See by Anita Endrezze-danielson Idaho Vaudeville by Tina Foriyes Run-off by Tina Foriyes Sadie's Elegy by Tina Foriyes When In Drought by Tina Foriyes Fugitive by Joan Fox Fantods: 2. Adelita, From Spokane by Philip Garrison Fantods: 4. Copenhagen Tins by Philip Garrison Frames by Philip Garrison The Deaths Of Hayward Hill by Mark Warren Halperin Early October With Cows by Mark Warren Halperin Logger On The Upper Klickitat by Mark Warren Halperin A Song Of The Autumn by Mark Warren Halperin Travels by Mark Warren Halperin Judgment by Wes Hanson Listening by Wes Hanson Autumn In Inchelium by James R. Hepworth A Short History Of Idaho by James R. Hepworth Sketches: Colville Indian Reservation, 1975 by James R. Hepworth Exclusivity by Christopher Howell Like Feelings by Christopher Howell The Physics Of Oh by Christopher Howell Poem Based On A Chinese Character Meaning ... by Christopher Howell The Toad Prince by Christopher Howell Okanogan Sleep by Marcus (marc) Allen Hudson Summer, Aeneas Valley by Marcus (marc) Allen Hudson Voices Overheard On A Night Of The Perseid Shower by Marcus (marc) Allen Hudson Winter, Aeneas Valley by Marcus (marc) Allen Hudson Games by Eric W. Johnson Poem For A Friend by Eric W. Johnson Someday by Eric W. Johnson Thorns by Eric W. Johnson By The Sunshone You Ride by Michael J. Kiefel Every Shape That Carves A Color by Michael J. Kiefel Huckleberry Pilgrimage To Mount Thomas by Michael J. Kiefel Bats by Linda Kittell Island Geography by Linda Kittell Old Home Day by Linda Kittell By The Riverside by Carolyn Kizer The Great Blue Heron by Carolyn Kizer Persephone Pauses by Carolyn Kizer A Poet's Household by Carolyn Kizer Singing Alou