"My Indian skin is pale / My Indian spirit broken." With this verse the author sets the tone for the whole book. It is not a book of Native American poems, but rather the author's attempt to make sense of an increasingly disconnected world. The Pale Indian represents the culmination of about four years of writing between 2004 and 2008. The author has laid bare his heart in this collection of poems. Themes in this book range from life, death, love, loneliness; to the mysticism of Native Americans and political satire. Wrapped with imagery these poems evoke a stark world of inner turmoil and self-realization. Sometimes it's dark, sometimes it's escapist, but it's always genuine.