Saint Thomas and the Forbidden BirdsIn James Matthew Wilsons fourth full length collection of poems, the writer joins the great saint and theologian Thomas Aquinas to pause before the thought of earthly sorrows and to pray for such a world that had so much to say. These poems stand in wonder before the tumult and beauty of created things and the capacity of the soul to rise above it. We move from encounters with the world as revelation, mystery, and promise, to great scenes of sin and