Download or read book This Old Man Reclines on the Field of Heaven written by Don Summerhayes and published by Exile Editions, Ltd.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These poems speak plainly about common matters: how apples look hanging on a tree in winter, or how white buildings seem to haunt a traveller driving through Saskatchewan. Their range of tones, though, is uncommonly wide--celebratory for a young farmer and his horse strutting around a country fair show ring, ironically regretful for a father's bungled death, or raucous for the last Toronto performance of the great fan-dancer, Sally Rand. A sure command of language and brilliantly crafted lines keep these poems close to our shared lives.