From William Stafford's "Foreword": "'Ingrid Wendt's poems are eventful in a special way. The language holds the reader steady with a wide, clear gaze tor=ward realizations about change in the conditions of the individual life. . .demonstrated through bold images that come around as if by magic. . .

     "' Ingrid Wendt has a combination of characteristics that  brings richness to such poems. She combines warmth with clarity. What she sees, she fully sees, and meets, ready to bring her whole life along into what happens. But this clarity, this absolute recognition, goes along with a realization of kinship. Her nature does not disclaim common humanity with those others so clearly seen.'"