Poetry. In Ken McCullough's seventh book of poetry, there's a rich lyricism through which he expresses his acceptance of our multifarious and challenging world and his place in it with wisdom, humility and humor. As Jean Feraca says, "Ken McCullough is an old soul. His poetry is shamanic; it weaves along a liminal edge and then suddenly, pulls you underground.... It works like an umbilicus. At the point when you most desire to disappear, it brings you back to earth."