This collection brings together the published and unpublished work of one of the most significant poets of the late 20th century: founding editor of Stand magazine and the Northern House imprint, Jon Silkin. All the poems from Silkin's books--from "The Portrait and Other Poems" in 1950 to "Making a Republic" in 2002--are included, as are significant poems that were previously unpublished or published only in a variety of journals, and work transcribed from manuscripts. "Complete Poetry" demands a new perception of Silkin's language and his concerns, the breadth of his passionately humane...