BLUE RAIN is Dave Etter's thirty-second book of poems; his easy, unaffected voice is surely a Midwestern treasure. Who else but Dave Etter could fit all the sufferings and all the sins that fill our odd and wayward lives into poems that sound so soulful and so smooth. Previous titles include: Alliance, Illinois; Sunflower County; Selected Poems; Live at the Silver Dollar; and Dandelions to name but a few.