In the Hushed Thunder

In his book of poems, In the Hushed Thunder, Ken Hebson explores the Buddhist thought that “ a move in space would not/affect at all who we are.” In these poems, published by Green Place Books posthumously, Hebson takes us to a generous portion of the world where he captures his sense of place through close attention to detail. In spare and concrete language Hebson helps us feel places we are not likely to know firsthand. But Hebson’ s collection is not a travelogue. Interspersed among the place poems are beautiful pieces speaking to the human condition. Hebson draws poetry from his life on a farm in southern Spain and from moments in his daily life, and at its end.