The Breathing PlaceThe poems in The Breathing Place, Calvin Bedients fifth collection of poetry, take in and move through three areas of consideration. Focusing first on the turmoil of an imperfect world before turning to raging social concerns, the poems finally come to find a refreshed sense of hope, offering spaces to pause and breathe in the world around us. First the poet addresses the limits of the containing air, the atmosphere of a world that moves along a