How Heavy the Breath of God (Texas Poets Series)

These poems celebrate and consecrate the physical world, moving from exotic to familiar locations, from the jungles of Ecuador and Mayan ruins in Central America to the rural lands and flooding creeks of Texas. Looking For Grace In Ecuador -- Street Market, Otavalo -- Why I Went Into The Jungle -- Jungle -- Learning A Language -- Cholera -- Tropical -- Mayan Ruins And The Y Summer Camp Counselor -- Coastal -- Postcard About The Body -- What The Sea Turtles Know -- At The Equator -- Guatemala -- Song Against The Conquistadores -- The Weight Of My Country -- In The Garden Of Eden -- Big Fish -- Fisherman -- Hoping For Disaster -- School Bus, Seven A.m. -- Night Sky With Clothesline -- The Headlights Of God -- Losing Faith -- Backyard, November -- Building For War -- Flooded -- Flooded Crossing -- August Fire -- The Shrimp Peelers -- In The Garden Of Eden, Thinking Of The Beloved. Sheryl St. Germain. Poems.