A new collection of poems from celebrated poet, novelist, and biographer Jay Parini This new collection from acclaimed poet Jay Parini, the first in well over a decade, revolves around his deep connection to nature and underlines his concerns about the impacts of pollution and climate change. In these beautiful, haunting poems, Parini writes about the landscapes of Mining country, of the railroads of Pennsylvania, of farm country, of world’s lost, families dispersed, faith tried and contested.