This is a thought-provoking collection of essays by the author of An Atlas of the Difficult World and 14 other books of poetry. It celebrates the unsettling power of this art which can "break open locked chambers of possibility, restore numbed zones to feeling, recharge desire." Whereas many still see poetry as a marginalized activity such as fly-fishing, this zealous author argues that it is a vital force field in American culture. What Is Found There establishes the need for poetry as a soul stirring art.