Highspirited and unafraid full of Louisiana Cajun zest quick to anger andquick to forgive and quick to offer unabashed praise for this world JackBedells new poe... » 

Highspirited and unafraid full of Louisiana Cajun zest quick to anger andquick to forgive and quick to offer unabashed praise for this world JackBedells new poems take us through lived experiences come rain or come shine.He tells his story and fixes his place in these remarkably examining lyricsthat grab hold and wont let go. Heather Ross Miller These poems areinfused with a deep understanding of what it is to be human because Bedell hascored them from the heart. In Come Rain Come Shine Jack Bedell has the visionto realize where a significant story is and in telling it he leads his readerto such wisdom. Vivian Shipley Here is a mature voice graceful andeloquent that brings to life more than the memory of the place and itspeople.... it is amongst some of the best poetry Ive read in a while. Virgil Suarez Come Rain Come Shine dazzles with a quiet brilliance all itsown a luster born of simple things with stirring poems of desire familiallove and fatherhood and with reallife places and encounters at once exoticand familiar. Diane Thiel «