This is a collection of new and previously published poems by David Adams. A world traveler, Adams draws on all of his experiences in his observations of the world, the people he's met, and his own feelings.
"There is a strong, almost transcendent, sense of place in the poetry of David Adams. He tells you right away where you are as you read each poem in this book. The images are in focus, and rendered with the precision of a technical writer, but there is nothing technical about the emotional impact of the poems, which will take you on a journey from his Cleveland, Ohio roots to the far side of the world, and back."
-R.C. Wilson, Edith Chase Symposium Association
"Drawing from his decades of writing fine poems-in many modes and moods, David Adams adds to his remarkable accomplishments known well to readers of the contemporary poem. Reading Adams makes the world of words once again vibrant and real."
-Linda-Wagner-Martin, author of Toni Morrison: A Literary Life
"What, as William Carlos Williams put it, is the 'news that is in poems' that we so much need? In this definitive selection from more than a half century devoted to meticulous observation and honing of his style, David Adams brings us his version of the news: of places, people, and history observed and closely interrogated. To look unflinchingly at our world-with joy as well as judgment-but still have a numinous hope that 'all may yet be well' is the gift of news David Adams has bequeathed us here."
-Suzanne Ferguson, editor of Jarrell, Bishop, Lowell & Company:
Middle Generation Poets in Context
