Gold Fork Dreams

A selection of poems about the Gold Fork country in central Idaho from F.A. Loomis, author of Salmon River Lookout, Frankie Ravan, As Long As Life, Ladies with Sisu, and Blue Duwamish. The poems clearly evoke a high country tied to logging, farming, ranching, hunting, and recreation. Many of them link the author's keen sense of humor to an underlying melancholia about a place that has been fully utilized for every human need. The wildness of Idaho mountain life is resilient and rich despite its heavy production to support the lifestyles of natives and visitors.