This week Sam Manno shares poems on Pastoralism. Sam was born in Chicago in 1960 and moved in 1984 to Montana, where has has found peace as part of a herd of dairy goats. He is an artist, farmer, pastoralist, and host and producer of children's programming on Montana Public Radio.
Today he reads from Brad Kessler's book, "Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, a Short History of Herding and the Art of Making Cheese," released in 2009. Kessler, who lives in Vermont, is an award-winning author of books for children and adults.