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Night Perimeter: New and Selected Poems 1958-1990

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Having known and studied under Carroll Arnett, I can only say that he lived the words he wrote. He lived his life simply, and with great joy, and found the beauty and pain (sometimes the same) in life that we so often pass by without observation. Carroll saw those things in life that most of us don't, but he also passed his wisdom along to those of us in his wake. This collection of poetry from a long and productive career neither spans nor reflects any "academic," popular "literary" movements -- from year to year, Arnett found the cadence in his heart and the sound of the world around him, into which he was completely intuned, and put it on the paper - honestly and clearly. We all miss him, but we have his words to keep us going.

Carrol Arnett was a skilled player with words in a culture where the value of words is highly respected. The things that he noticed were everyday and eternal: the interactions between people, the search for an identity. All consumers of poetry should partake.