In The Sound acclaimed poet David Mason collects his best shorter work of the past forty years, including lyrics like âSong of the Powersâ and darkly brilliant narratives âThe Collectorâs Taleâ and âThe Country I Remember,â which Anthony Hecht called âa welcome addition to the best that is now being written by American poets.â A poet of love and history and nature, Mason forges a language that can reconnect us to the world.