That's the news from Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average. - Garrison Keillor

First of all, most poems aren’t memorable; in fact, they make no impression at all. Sorry, but it’s true. There are brave blurbs on the back cover (“writes with a lyrical luminosity that reconceptualizes experience with cognitive beauty”) but you open up the goods and they’re like condoms on the beach, evidence that somebody was here once and had an experience but not of great interest to the passerby.

A Book is a Gift you can open over and over again.

...life (pause) is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass.