Praise for Spy Pond "In this rich collection, Ed Meek "pull s] us back from the edge" (as in his poem, On Edge). Compelling and diverse, whether his subject is the Boston Marathon bombing, addressing Robert Frost, considering silence, love, loss, or the Iraqi war-he manages to pull me in and then set me back down again with deeper knowledge, contemplation, and perspective."
Cynthia Brackett-Vincent, publisher of the Aurorean poetry journal; author, Questions About Home

"Ed Meek's poems give a slap to the reader's complacency. Whether it is a wild...