<DIV><P>Here is the definitive collection of poetry from one of America&rsquo;s best-loved writers&mdash;now available in paperback. With the publication of this book, eight volumes of poetry were brought back into print, including the early nature-based lyrics of <I>Plain Song</I>, the explosive <I>Outlyer & Ghazals</I>, and the startling "correspondence" with a dead Russian poet in <I>Letters to Yesenin</I>. Also included is an introduction by Harrison, several previously uncollected poems, and "Geo-Bestiary," a 34-part paean to earthly passions. <I>The Shape of the Journey</I> confirms Jim Harrison&rsquo;s place among the most brilliant and essential poets writing today. </P> <P>"Behind the words one always feels the presence of a passionate, exuberant man who is at the same time possessed of a quick, subtle intelligence and a deeply questioning attitude toward life. Harrison writes so winningly that one is simply content to be in the presence of a writer this vital, this large-spirited."&mdash;<I>The New York Times Book Review</I></P> <P>"(An) untrammelled renegade genius&hellip; here&rsquo;s a poet talking to you instead of around himself, while doing absolutely brilliant and outrageous things with language."&mdash;<I>Publishers Weekly</I></P> <P>"Readers can wander the woods of this collection for a lifetime and still be amazed at what they find."&mdash;<I>Booklist</I> (starred review.)</P> <P>When the cloth edition of this book was first published, it immediately became one of Copper Canyon Press&rsquo;s all-time bestsellers. It was featured on Garrison Keillor&rsquo;s <I>Writer&rsquo;s Almanac</I>, became a finalist for the <I>Los Angeles Times Book Prize</I>, and was selected as one of the "Top-Ten Books of 1998" by <I>Booklist</I>. </P> <P><B>Jim Harrison</B> is the author of twenty books, including <I>Legends of the Fall</I> and <I>The Road Home</I>. He has also written numerous screenplays and served as the food columnist for <I>Esquire</I> magazine. He lives in Michigan and Arizona.</P> <P><B>Dead Deer</B></P> <P>Amid pale green milkweed, wild clover,<BR> a rotted deer<BR> curled, shaglike,<BR> after a winter so cold<BR> the trees split open.<BR> I think she couldn't keep up with<BR> the others (they had no place<BR> to go) and her food,<BR> frozen grass and twigs,<B</DIV>