Image description front: Front cover shows an abstract, textured painting in dark muted tones suggesting fractured structures across a stormy landscape. 

Image description back: Back cover includes review quotes, summary of the poetry collection’s themes, author bio, publisher details, and an ISBN barcode. 

Back cover text: Only the dexterity of a poet like Simmons could illuminate the tragic furrows where the trauma of socialist politics overtakes legitimate scientific inquiry. There
is a revelation here, and a quiet restlessness.
-Gregory Kipp, Geological Engineer Weaving thoughts and images and historical facts together in a poetry which maintains a sparse lyricism, Simmons' narrative is not only vastly more entertaining than most prose histories, but it gives the reader a unique advantage to imagine
and reimagine the story that is being told. -Cliff Cunningham, Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland
and author of Asteroids
Is the verse collection Soviets on Venus good or bad? Yes. Find out for yourself! -Frank Pommersheim, Professor Emeritus, Knudson School of Law
and author of Braid of Feathers Thomas E. Simmons is a lawyer and professor at the Knudson School of Law. Previously, he authored Loose-Leaf lod Browning Encyclopedia and S is for Sentence, both published by Cyberwit. He has taught at every educational level, from Pre-K and primary school to high school, college, and post-graduate. He
lives in Vermillion, South Dakota.