These selected poems from 2011 by Gordon Purkis, while not specifically religious, offer insight into a year spent in contemplation and conversation with certain Powers. A different type of voice for the author emerged in a year of lower poetic productivity but hopefully produced a more mature approach. Speckled in of course is a love for words and an explorative curiosity for how they work together, language being a vehicle for unexpected discoveries. Gordon Purkis is a poet, artist, editor and publisher. Currently he works in Sales and Marketing in Atlanta, GA, volunteers as a DJ and theatre usher. His work has recently appeared online in Bewildering Stories, Lucid Rhythms and elsewhere. Another collection "Circus Fragments and Other Poems" is also available on Amazon.com. He'd love to hear from you at poet_clerk@yahoo.com