Mark Clifton Grover

In the Company of Swallows: Poems and Skyborne Peregrinations Mark Clifton Grover

In the Company of Swallows is a collection of poems written by a vagabond field biologist during a lifetime of work and outdoor adventure in the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau. The poems range from soaring celebrations of moments of joy in wilderness ecosystems to expressions of despondence elicited by witnessing the unspeakable damage caused by the unrelenting demands and boundless appetites of industrial civilization. The scenes and events progress from idyllic memories of childhood adventures in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, to unique encounters with wild creatures and the elements of nature, to poignant musings entwined with the struggle to find hope in the discouraging times of the Anthropocene. This special edition includes extra photographs, all of which are in color.