Charming Gardeners

David Biespiel is the author of four collections of poetry, including Wild Civility and The Book of Men and Women. He also contributed to Politico from 2008 to 2012.

• To from the Jewish Cemetery in Williamson, West Virginia To Wendy from Yellow HickoryTo Plumly from Lummi Island To Hugo from SoDo To Biespiel from Schul To Wiman from Walla Walla To Keller from Skamania Lodge To Ruest from Winston-Salem To Gifford from Kiowa County To Bierds from the Cannery Pier HotelTo Ansel from the Hotel AndraTo Di Piero from Dufur To Farnsworth from Bar Avignon To Collier from United Flight 304 To Buckley from Berkeley To Conda from Anaconda To Wendy from the Gershwin Hotel To Smith from Northampton To Snyder from the Blue Scorcher Café To Sylvester from Terminal B To Gifford from United Flight 308 To C. D. from D.C. To Unrau from Union To Lenney from the Greenbrier HotelTo Biespiel from United Flight 1037To Luke from United Flight 251 To Wendy from the Crow’s Nest Postscript Acknowledgments About the Author

"These are lengthy, traveling poems that talk and click along like a train (though most of the travel is by plane), engines full of breath. It’s an encyclopedic book, chock-full of references of every kind, both personal and general . . . a book that strikes out to find America."