Arranged in eight sections, the thirty-eight poems in the author's second book of poetry encompass the variety of human experience, portraying people not only as explorers of places and particles, but also as seekers of truths and values and moral principles. The images are fresh and striking-even as the poems consider not-necessarily-new themes of natural beauty, of permanence and impermanence, of love and growth and acceptance, and of faith and reason. Whether the subject is Wall Arch or the winds, riverbanks or Ned Rorem, a Pennsylvania house, Craigville Beach on Cape Cod, the stuff of stars, or a yellow Lab named Henry, these are poems to be read for their sound and their rhythm. These are poems to be read silently and to be read aloud. These are poems to be savored individually and to be shared | Not Only Explorers by John S. McClenahen, Paperback | Indigo Chapters