The Old Chore

the long version

“The poems of this book rush off the page and become alterations to our landscape…In the best sense this is poetry we can use.” —<em>Dark Horse</em> “Hildebidle’s words and internal lyrics have a gentle, if sad, musicality akin to the photographer’s art—a freeze frame on time.” —Karla Hammond “Hildebidle’s poetry has the unforced elegance that comes from a mind in turn with itself, that thrills to the world beyond itself, and seeks ways to touch other minds, other lives.” —Adrian Oktenberg