In The Milkweed Man, Rhoades shambles through Hollywood, La Paz, Lake Quihana, the outer purloighs of London, through shelters, ERs, bars, parks, and brings the characters there to bear, in 40-plus poems and two short stories. Here, you’ll meet Big Jim, Alessandro, Medicated Kym, the guarra, and others, “some portions in ruins, some crumbling, some standing somehow.”