Just as an orchard grower, when harvesting itsfruit, discards the tart, the bitter, the overripe andthe stunted, so, too, any poet tries to judiciouslyreject less than sterling poems when assembling hisSelected. Pastoral Habits is a selection of carefully chosen poemsfrom fifty years and five volumes of poetic harvests.If “pastoral” connotes good shepherding, or goodharvesting, then George Drew’s collection willresonate for those who value the worlds of poetry.