Reading any poem by Russell Buker is taking a trip through an enchanted garden of our feelings. Each poem pulls at us as we recall times of our youth, sadness, great joy, or loneliness. He has a way of putting into words what we can only feel but unable to put to paper. His command of the English language, warms our heart and soul and makes the reader transported to a special place. To use the vernacular of the day, he is not a, "one trick pony." The reader will experience many emotions and be the better for having experienced them. Thank you, Russell. -Mary Ann Fitzpatrick About Russell Buker Russell Buker"s poems have been published in the U.S. and in Canada: The Antigonish Review, The Windrow Anthology, The Cape Breton Collection, Pottersfield Press, Goose River Anthology, Portland Press Poetry Section, The Aurorean, Felt Sun, The Aputamkan Review River Muse, Page7Spine and Maine Writes Anthology. Russell has served on the board of editors and wrote book reviews for Off the...