"Wolves howl in the hollow of night, cats yowl from crags and forests, but people describe sunsets, address their dead, pray to what they feel may lie beyond the stars, and perhaps even take note of a mysterious figure recurring in an alley. In "Talking to Shadows," his ninth collection of poems, Ron Houchin replies with sensitivity and wit to things seen or sensed, offering a celebration of sights, sounds, and objects that elicit responses through the phenomena of their being. Whether evoking the presage of a coming ice age, a photo of an unknown ancestor in a family album, or the presence of nature during a lone walk across a night field, Houchin's poems converse with the shadows of existence that permeate a world filled with beauty and mystery"-- Provided by publisher.

Cover -- Contents -- Talking to Shadows, November 1 -- Cleaning Glasses -- Little Dutch Milkmaid -- Phantom of the Alley -- Going Out at Night -- Catfish Controlling the River -- Snail Chasing -- Wisdom of Starlings -- Haunted by Dead Dogs -- Winter Feeding -- Distance from the Dream Self -- Morning into Night -- The Last Window on the Island -- How the Dead Remember -- Photo of Two Boomers -- Tribal Hills -- Spring Fever -- One Tree -- Crossing No Man's Land -- Gentle Life -- Friend Darkness -- Bottom of the Well -- Sympathy for Ice -- Plague Doctor -- Animal Dolls -- My Garden

Picnic in the Cemetery -- Woods Ghost -- Everything Remains -- Community of Worship -- Thanksgiving Insects -- Rendezvous -- Phantom Flesh -- The Innocence of Feet -- Dogs Waiting -- The Perfect Window -- The Way Things Wait -- My Sister's Ghost -- Eileen Steps Down into the Cellar -- Dream Geography -- An Auto Mechanic Considering Snow -- First Insomnia -- Dream of Three Lions -- To Make a Thing -- Night Angel -- Home Movie -- Twilight in the Cemetery

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