From Library Journal
An impressive first collection by a poet who has appeared in all the "right " places, from Paris Review to Grand Street , written, accordingly, with a high verbal gift and the current disappointing preference for description over human content. Some poems, like the lengthy "Stairwell," can be tediously abstract, but many are wonderful. In "The Paperweight," the poet assumes the persona of a paperweight watched by a human being: "For I compromise the stillness/ she wants to break, getting out of/ her heavy head the storm she loves to make." In the lovely "Night Coach" the poet finds an instant of comfort among people who will leave the train for a world that cannot be bothered to answer their vain cries for freedom; here form and content match beautifully. A poet to watch, and recommended. Bettina Drew, City Coll., CUNY
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Review
A.d.
After A Summer Of Ancient Greek
Animals
Another Defense Of Poetry
Autumn Book
The Border Guard
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Chalk And Ash
Citizens & Sky
Clearing Over Clouds
Cobblestone Path Through The Park
The Coin
The Cricket
Dark Horse
Everything Has Its History
Grace
Helen Keller: The First Day
Helios
Indian Restaurant
Inscriptions
It Is Found
The Little Boy Who Fell
The Lost Bee
Lunch After Ruins
Machines
Materials
A Meeting Of Friends
Night Coach
On Marble
Ore
Out Of Chaos
The Paperweight
Prisoner's Round
The Ransom
Rilke's Nightfall
The Shadow Returns
The Skaters
Something About Windows
A Song
Springtime Soliloquy
The Stairwell
The Temple Leopard
To Rome
Voices Through Rain
The Way To Mount Aetna
What The Intern Saw
Winter Sculpture
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
After A Summer Of Ancient Greek
Animals
Another Defense Of Poetry
Autumn Book
The Border Guard
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Chalk And Ash
Citizens & Sky
Clearing Over Clouds
Cobblestone Path Through The Park
The Coin
The Cricket
Dark Horse
Everything Has Its History
Grace
Helen Keller: The First Day
Helios
Indian Restaurant
Inscriptions
It Is Found
The Little Boy Who Fell
The Lost Bee
Lunch After Ruins
Machines
Materials
A Meeting Of Friends
Night Coach
On Marble
Ore
Out Of Chaos
The Paperweight
Prisoner's Round
The Ransom
Rilke's Nightfall
The Shadow Returns
The Skaters
Something About Windows
A Song
Springtime Soliloquy
The Stairwell
The Temple Leopard
To Rome
Voices Through Rain
The Way To Mount Aetna
What The Intern Saw
Winter Sculpture
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
