Lean this way
review of Lean Days by Steve McOrmond

by Alex Pope
The Brunswickan
September 15, 2004

A profound sense of awareness hovers behind the words of each individual poem like the ghosts and spirits that McOrmond often mentions, and one can't help but appreciate the poet's complete ordinariness.

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Other Titles by Steve McOrmond

• Primer on the Hereafter (2006)