Mass for ShutIns Author:Todd Robinson "Todd Robinson has written such tender love poems in MASS FOR SHUT-INS that you might read them to your significant other and hope for success?a veritable Neruda of Nebraska. In 'Skin,' the speaker is 'a soft / ravening / hominid torched / by rosewater/ & coconut oil.' The poems are no less fervent toward the old sod, beautifully evoking the con... more »temporary Midwest. He feels 'the jolt of coal trains / through the gut of steaming America.' A splendid debut."?Therese Svoboda« less