The Gift Giver : Booklocker.com : 9781958890028 : 1958890022 : 25 Jul 2023 : Through the media of poetry and photography, the authors explore relationships as they relate to the family, self and others, social concerns, and spirituality. The poem and the photograph can enhance and illumine each other. For example, the poem Absence relates to the emotional absence of a father. The poem is juxtaposed with an image of a deserted beach in the evening. Both the poem and the photo evoke the feeling of absence, of something that is missing. Working together, the poem and the photo deepen the feeling of abandonment and loneliness. In the poem, The Plan, which confronts the issue of exploitation of natural resources by rich nations, the book juxtaposes an image of conflict and turbulence. So the image of poverty and suffering is overlayed with the image of nature in a state of upheaval. In Night Watch, a poem that explores the sense of spiritual hunger, is set next to an image of seagulls hu