"Anyone who doubts that poetry can reveal the history of a person or a place should read the collected poems of Indiana poet laureate Norbert Krapf. March 2009"—Indiana Magazine of History

"Krapf's poems are sensually rich and wildly accessible. . . . This is a collection to be savored.February 1, 2009"—Michael Zimmerman, Indianapolis Star

"A new poetic voice has risen out of the hills and woods of southern Indiana, Hoosier poet laureate Norbert Krapf. . . . What one has been endowed with is a major part of what one has to endow the future. Out of this endowment Krapf has given us a great legacy."—John D. Groppe, Valparaiso Poetry Review

"Krapf's poems are a conglomeration of wildlife, people, plants, nature, and land, with vivid imagery allowing the reader to practically smell the flowers, walk with bare feet through the grass, and feel the wind on their cheek.March/April 2009"—Northern Indiana Lakes Magazine

"Norbert Krapf is one of our distinguished and moving American poets. The new poems seem among his best."—Robert Phillips

"The test of 'poetry of place' is whether it feels perfectly familiar to a reader who lives there. I'm a southern Indiana native who feels right at home in Norbert Krapf's poems."—James Alexander Thom