Jim Lewis

Settled for the Night

Arts & Literature

“In an unexpected delight, Stevens’s Settled for the Night politely called to my imagination, asked it to wake up and remember what life was like when I was a young daydreamer. Poem after poem, there’s a quiet pulling back of the curtains of ‘what is’ to reveal ‘what could be,’ sometime, somewhere else. There is wisdom in this poetry, and a surprising gentleness that makes even the rough edges of life seem smoother. In ‘At Peace with Darkness,’ we read ‘So with the silence of this walk, / the space it makes for musing.’ Such a soft reminder of the importance of stepping away from daily noise. This is a book to read in a quiet place where neither your heart nor your imagination is restrained or disturbed.”