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The hard-won achievement of a lifetime. -- Wall Street Journal When I was twelve I wrote my first poem, and by fourteen I decided that's what I'd do my whole life. I don't regret it. -- from the afterword by Donald Hall Donald Hall was an American master, one of the nation's most beloved and accomplished poets. Here, in his eighties, having taken stock of the body of his work--rigorous, gorgeous verse that is the result of seventy years of ambition and pleasure--he strips it down. The Selected Poems of Donald Hall reflects the poet's handpicked, concise selection, showcasing work rich with humor and Eros and a kind of simplicity that succeeds in engaging the reader in the first few lines (Billy Collins). From the enduring My Son My Executioner to Names of Horses to Without, Donald Hall's best poems deliver a banquet in the mouth (Charles Simic) and an aching elegance ( Baltimore Sun ). For the first-time reader or an old friend, these are, above all others, the poems to read, reread, and remember.
Jane Kenyon had a virtually faultless ear. She was an exquisite master of the art of poetry. --Wendell Berry Published twenty-five years after her untimely death, The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon presents the essential work of one of America's most cherished poets--celebrated for her tenacity, spirit,
Joy Priest is a writer from Louisville, KY. Her first book, HORSEPOWER (Pitt Poetry Series, 2020), was selected by U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey as the winner of the Donald Hall Prize for Poetry. She is the recipient of the 2020 Kunitz Prize and her work has appeared in the Academy of America
