New and Selected Poems

by Michael Ryan

Book Overview

"Ryan is a scrupulously observant poet with a gift for going for the jugular . . . His work is finely honed, provocative, questing, and humane." - Edward Hirsch, Washington Post Book World Michael... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618408541
• ISBN13: 9780618408542
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A Real Poet

Picking up the torch of Elizabeth Bishop, this book of poems captures the mingling of the mysterious and the mundane in our every day lives. Like Vermeer's interiors, these poems catch moments of intimacy to which everyone can relate and yet seem to transcend time.Many poems today touch the ears, but none touch the heart like Ryan's.