Night Wing over Metropolitan Area Teaching of students with specific learning needs he does something he never

he does something he never thought he could- He joins the dance club

from identifying exactly what's in the pot

natural cleaners

Hailed as magical spirits and attacked by lizards

more violent reality

Night Wing over Metropolitan Area Teaching of students with specific learning needs he does something he neverIntrospective poems that balance past and present beauty and pain. Hoppenthalers fourth collection gives voice to a hard earned weariness that acknowledges but resists resignation. As Grammy Award winning songwriter Rosanne Cash puts it, Hoppenthalers attention to the specifics of naturehummingbirds, Japanese maples, snowfallare like embroidery, stitched through and holding together the sharp memories and images of loss, longing, regret, and hope.