Destiny Manifest by Nancy Gaffield Jonathan Mann by extension

by extension

an attempt to find a language for it

tongues of leaves

gathers these themes together in a blistering

to offers scenes from his own life and the lives of others

Destiny Manifest by Nancy Gaffield Jonathan Mann by extensionThe poems in this collection were written over a 10 year period, beginning with 'Springtime in the Rockies'. This poem was sparked by an incident in September 2014 where a bowhunter shot and killed a bull moose in an area where the animals had become habituated to people. The title of the collection is based on the 19th century ideology, 'Manifest Destiny', the belief that God gave white Americans the right to expand westward across the North American