Kansas Poet Laureate 2007-2009 Denise Low's most complete collection of lyrical verse. Low's concerns with cultural sustainability in the Great Plains region encompasses geological history, the West, gardens, indigenous plants and animals, and more. Fellow Kansas poet William Stafford praised Low for her use of "so many good words in diligent pursuit of accuracy." Iowa poet laureate Robert Dana wrote: No one understands better than Densie Low the efect of Midwestern vistas of time and space." Diane Glancy writes, "Denise Low has a voice informed and shaped by the land."