New and Selected Poems 1974-2004

<b>The New York Times</b> has called Carl Dennis's poetry wise original and deeply moving. A poet with a growing audience of admirers Dennis writes in a clear classically simple language that is both personal and universal. Making use of a rich variety of genres--advice meditation elegy and prophecy--his poems take unexpected turns as they explore their subjects catching the reader off balance in a way that is liberating. This new anthology gathers the best of his eight previous books along with a generous sampling of new poems.