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The poet Paul Celan noted that, in his language, thinking and thanking are cognate, innately connected in their roots and connotations. Elements & Offerings, a new collection of poems by Dan Beachy-Quick, is a book-length poetic investigation of that hope-that to think is to learn to thank, that to thank is to learn to think. The first two sections seek a way to work toward poetic origins, taking inspiration from the alphabet, first philosophy, grammar and prophecy. The last section offers poems composed over many years, simple gifts of gratitude to teachers and friends.