Poetry. Dave Oliphants BACKTRACKING explores the influences and inspirationsthat shaped the work of this prolific American poet. The impact of Spanishculture on... » 

Poetry. Dave Oliphants BACKTRACKING explores the influences and inspirationsthat shaped the work of this prolific American poet. The impact of Spanishculture on the poet is featured at the beginning of the collection while hiswife serves as the inspiration for an ongoing series of poems that celebratesthe passion and mystery of their 37year love affair. Oliphant also paystribute to his forbearers and remembers literary and musical figures importantto his life and those of his kinsmen. An eclectic gathering of poems on Texaslandscapes and people a Chinese film the Connecticut composer Charles Ives aVan Gogh painting and an elegy of Princess Diana are also included in thisdiverse and powerful collection of contemporary American poetry. «