**From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and "one of the greatest poets
of our age ... the Thoreau of our era" (Edward Hirsch) comes a masterly
work of poems, exhibiting the artistry and style he made his own.
**
A strikingly beautiful book of poems from one of our finest poets. To
his lyrics Merwin adds three long narrative poems: "Lament for the
Makers" is his tribute to fellow poets who are gone and who had his
admiration, from Dylan Thomas to James Merrill; "Testimony" is a tour de
force, an autobiographical poem in the manner of Francois Villon; "Suite
in the Key of Forgetting" is a remarkable poem about memory and
memories.