Rain; road; an open boat

The first new collection of poetry from Roo Borson since her highly acclaimed collection Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida , winner of three major prizes, including the Griffin Poetry Prize.   Roo Borson's new collection continues the exploration of form, tone, musicality, and content begun in her widely acclaimed previous collection. Here, co-existing peacefully, are the river stone, painted white, that greets the visitor to the grave of the poet James K. Baxter in the far back country