In Depth of Field , his second poetry collection, David Leff ups the ante, allowing us ever more deeply into his private his sorrows, his joys, and his yearning. The book portrays a paradise that is both lost and in the midst of a synthetic civilization, the poet finds his havens in the natural world, in history, in relics of the past. And that is only half the the other half is told by Leff's photography. The poems in Depth of Field are accompanied by splendid photos that extend and illuminate the words they join. The addition of one art to another creates a magnificent sum.