Joel Long knows the fine art of creating surprise in language, the pleasure and the insight of the right surprise coming in a poem at just the right moment. The poems in Winged Insects demonstrate this poet's ability to compose stunning imagery... to close a poem with an ending both inevitable and amazing. They offer openings into new worlds profound, familiar, and unexpected. -- Pattiann Rogers Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.