This Body Is Never at Rest

<p><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>This Body Is Never at Rest: New and Selected Poems</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> features 30 years of Bart Edelman's explorations of a multitude of perspectives a wide range of lifetime experiences. The collection includes 46 new poems as well as a generous selection of poems from each of his seven previous collections: </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Whistling to Trick the Wind</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Geographer's Wife</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Last Mojito</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Gentle Man</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Alphabet of Love</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Under Damaris' Dress</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Crossing the Hackensack</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>. Like the title suggests Edelman's poetry </span>takes the reader<span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> on a journey to gain insight fiddle with mystery and unmask the unordinary.</span></p>