Winner of the 2001 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry. "Barot's mature linguistic skills really come down to a metaphorical and musical intelligence that refuses to value one element over another, that will not let the language or the longing take over."--From the Foreword by Stanley Plumly "This is a book of lyric wonders: wit that turns dark, darkness that blazes up again in music and story."--Eavan Boland Rick Barot is currently...