Samuel Hazo Knihy

Here's an unusual chance to see the inner workings of a poet's mind. Passing images, unanswered questions, social ills, daily frustrations-nothing is too big or too small to be worth observing and considering. "He had the window seat. After take-off he said, 'My line is socks; what's yours?' I said I was a writer. He smiled his least impressive smile and asked, 'What do you write?' I paused and said, 'I hope they are poems.' 'Where are you headed now?' he added. I told him I'd been invited to recite my poems at a university. 'They pay you for that?' "

In this work, Hazo casts his eye back over a career devoted to poetry. With works that are arranged loosely under the themes of love, family, and aging, this volume affirms Hazo’s status as one of the most compelling and enduring poets of his generation. Poems appearing in this collection include works that have appeared in the Hudson Review, Prairie Schooner, the New York Times, and the Saturday Review.