The general theme of this book, and a number of its individual poems, is that love and language create community. There is little self-reference and confession--or only when I couldn't help it. Set in Gloucester, New York, or Paris, in Panama or Newtown, the poems come from a commitment to civic poetry, a poetry of social place and witness. I am deeply thankful to the citizens of Gloucester, Massachussetts, for the honor of serving as Poet Laureate of such a wonderful city. During my term, a strong belief in civic poetry grew stronger.
By civic poetry, I mean...
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The general theme of this book, and a number of its individual poems, is that love and language create community. There is lit...
