MargaretB.Ingraham’scollectionExploringthisTerrainbidsthereadertojoinherinajourneyofdiscovery.Inaworldinwhichspeedisincreasinglyregardedasavirtueanddistractionisitsinevitableconsequence,eachofthesepoemsoffersescapeandconsolation.Onebyonetheyinvitethereadertobestill,toobserve,tolisten,to“tasteandsee“-andultimatelytoexperiencethewonderthatonlyattentioncandiscoverhidinginthethinplaceswithinthevariousterrainsofoureverydaylives.“WhatistheterrainthatMargaretIngrahamexploresinExploringthisTerrain?ItrangesfromtheBlueRidgeMountainstoPluto.Thepathcrossesthetrailsofmemoryandillness,thenaturalworldanddisintegration,andvariouspartsunseen.Yetitstays,asMargaretsaysneartheendofthebook,inthe’secretplacesofmybrokenness.’Itisthebeautifullandscapeofwonder,theunevencountryoflove,thedifficultgroundoffaith.“--LorenGraham,authorofPlacesIWasDreaming.
