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The poems in this collection of Fred Gerhard's work range considerably: from Victorian rooms to the Pennsylvania and New England landscapes he knows intimately; from the psychology of inner experience to the dance of interpersonal relationships; from the noise of the trains that run through all of our lives (and occasionally crash into walls) to the quiet of the "dark grape taste of twilight." Likewise, Gerhard's diverse poetic techniques run the gamut from lucid and conversational free verse to skillful and musical rhyme. Throughout, he crafts memorable lines and indelible images, giving (as he puts it in his tribute to Edgar Allan Poe) "consonant to forlorn sound"-and to the sound of joy.

This mild fiction takes place in Peterborough, New Hampshire during the reconstruction of an historic library and an adjacent historic bridge, with actual photographs of both projects during 2020 -2022. A temporary bridge affords views of both projects and inspires passers-by to contemplate contemporary changes in technical and literary fashion.Some people are born into opportunity and then manage to pass all the way to retirement doing all they ought to do in each stage of life, never failing exactly, but never experiencing the potential richness of human experience.Adjusting from a career in New York City to life in a small town requires a man to develop the humility to reject his habitual values and to learn what is worthwhile in his new environment.