She Dropped me in the Middle of Nowhere and Other Poems by Geoff Peterson

She dropped me in the middle of nowhere & other poems by geoff peterson represents Peterson at his most stoic. Written over 30 years, these desert "junk" poems--spare, sparsely populated--appear as flinty talismans in memory. Many poems are notational, that is, dashed off while driving at speeds in excess of remorse. Consistent with the land form is the the contour of the poet's own solitude--sculpted, weather-beaten & rounded at the edges. It is a work with the maturity of hard miles...
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She dropped me in the middle of nowhere & other poems by geoff peterson represents Peterson at his most stoic. Written over 30 years, these desert "junk" poems--spare, sparsely populated--appear as flinty talismans in memory. Many poems are notational, that is, dashed off while driving at speeds in excess of remorse. Consistent with the land form is the the contour of the poet's own solitude--sculpted, weather-beaten & rounded at the edges. It is a work with the maturity of hard miles and sunsets to last a lifetime.