Old Man Laughing Author:Robert King n one fell swoop, this collection exposes the incredible and the ordinary with such tenderness that it seems the whole of life is contained within its stanzas. King's nostalgia-never sentimental and at times bittersweet-beckons old songs and lovers, asking not for remorse, but instead for giving due the wonder of childhood and the exquisite ties... more » we make to people as years pass. In this world, the civilized and the natural shape us imperceptibly, and in King's view, a sanguine perspective is the reward.« less