17 pages of poetry printed on translucent vellum paper

overlaying 17 amazing photos of the San Joaquin Valley

printed on glossy coverstock, well suited for framing

unbound, held within a clear vinyl envelope

a truly unique collaboration

of poet Michael C Ford

and photographer Rose Albano Risso

there is an entity both nocturnal
and abusive
about a lady in Lathrop:
whose incredible cognition includes
the manner in which she observes
before she serves one of
society’s victims
who just so happens to resemble
the remains
of a drowned bird floating on
Comanche Lake: and how
she will, like a flock of
black-crowned night herons,
luxuriate in interludes
of the disenchanted