Gary Fincke

Evensong for Shadows

Arts & Literature

“Beehives in the church rafters, a widow’s warning to a bride, a litany for the highway patrol—in such variety, all couched in precise, observed detail, Shanna Powlus Wheeler extends the devotional to every reader. ‘Born seeking likenesses, each of us,’ she writes, and proceeds to offer proof of just how engaging the discovery of natural metaphor can be in these accomplished, moving poems.”