What the Rivers Gather : Stephen F. Austin State University Press : 9781622883134 : 1622883136 : 30 Nov 2020 : This new selected poems from noted historian Milton Jordan leads readers into the beautiful Idaho wilderness to Slate Creek where, &;...the mountain casts its first shadow.&; Jordan's poems infuse life with nature, with &;sluggish gray beginnings&; and the &;sound of Linda Ronstadt&; on a Saturday full of &;miles of silence.&; These tender, graceful, and profound moments where &;the sound of billiards played without talent&; lingers on the dust that settles high in Lodgepole pine. Jordan's verse is well-crafted, compact, expertly weaving truths and discoveries, across the Ohio countryside, a world shuttling between narrative and lyric. These are the poems of living, of what we carry with us, of what the rivers gather.