Rusting -- Ways We Keep Living

Rusting, like all of David Axelrod& 39;s books, is compelling. Axelrod offers these poems& 34;... as life lessons. I am not just writing poems, I am fostering empathy. Let us share what we have, for better or worse, and make something good of it. I may not be a life coach, but I do wish us all a happier existence and these poems are the closest I can come to a survival guide.& 34; Axelrod& 39;s poems are personal and moving and, as mirrors to ourselves, elicit a number of emotions in the reading. One must agree with the praise given for his works:& 34;One of the finest and most original American poets now writing.& 34; X.J. Kennedy;& 34;Axelrod is a treat.& 34; The New York Times;& 34;A best bet.& 34; Newsday; A summer Best Pick.& 34; Small Press Review;& 34;(Poems to) cherish and pass around ... a prize to keep.& 34; William Stafford.