Habitat

<p>A master craftsman who seamlessly combines vision and contemplation Brendan Galvin is considered among the most powerful naturalist poets today. Habitat Galvin's fourteenth poetry book combines eighteen new works with lyric pieces from the past forty years—including two book-length narratives Wampanoag Traveler and Saints in Their Ox-Hide Boat. In a voice of quiet authority leavened with humor Galvin intimately conveys his landscapes birds and animals people and weather. By elevating the commonplace to the crucial he takes his readers very far from the familiar. <em>Habitat </em>offers an opportunity to trace a remarkable poetic career. In their richly various shapes colors textures and strategies Galvin's poems bear witness to matters both joyful and intractable.</p>