<DIV>As the 2010 Texas Poet Laureate, Karla K. Morton believes that poetry is everyone's art, and has carved her place in Texas Letters with this stunning collection.</div><div><BR> With well-loved titles such as “For Love and Michelangelo,” “The Closer,” “Why God Needs a Shotgun,” “Alamo Coastline,” “Woman in the Pipe Shop,” and “When Texas No Longer Fits in the Glove Box,” Morton's poetry will take you on a journey; her flowing style sparks memories and stirs emotions.</div><div> </div><div>Here's a short poem, inspired by a talk with her son, words of advice when he first fell in love:</div><div><BR> Don't Be Nervous<BR> when you see her.<BR> Don't worry about<BR> what you will say, or<BR> how you will say it.<BR> Just look at her,<BR> and wonder<BR> how your hand will fit<BR> in the small of her back;<BR> how many pins it takes<BR> to hold up her hair. . .</div><div><BR> It's no wonder Morton has been called “one of the more adventurous voices in American poetry . . .”<BR>  </div>