Mesquites Teach Us to Bend
by Jim LaVilla-Havelin
If Thoreau lived in southern Texas today, these are the poems he would write. Transcendental in scope, steeped in nature and place, and filled with wisdom, these accessible and finely crafted poems explore what we can learn from the natural world around us if only we will listen. However, the poems are still relevant and speak to our social and political climate today.
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About the Author
Jim LaVilla-Havelin is the author of eight books of poetry, including A Thoreau Book (Alabrava Press, 2025). He is the co-editor of Houston University Press, UNSUNG MASTERS volume on Rosemary Catacalos (2025) and as Literary Executor for Catacalos’ estate, he is assembling her unpublished work for a volume, Sing!.