WINNER OF THE 2018 LENORE MARSHALL POETRY PRIZE
At once an extension of and a departure from his previous explorations
of family and art, Craig Morgan Teicher's The Trembling Answers delves
boldly into the tangled realms of fatherhood, marriage, and poetry.
Dealing with the day-to-day of family life--including the alert anxiety
and remarkable beauty of caring for a child with severe cerebral
palsy--these personal narratives brightly illuminate the relationship
that exists between poetry and a life fiercely lived.
Video Baby Monitor
A watched
pot never boils, so perhaps
a son on a screen never
dies. Like the eyes
of a painting this image
follows wherever we move.
Surveillance is love, love
is every moment the last.
Barely moving picture, memory
of now, sleep, be still, be
safe. Night is long, life short.
I cover you with my eyes.
Craig Morgan Teicher: is the author of four books of poetry and
fiction and the editor of Once and For All: The Best of Delmore
Schwartz (2016). A prolific critic and reviewer of poetry, he has
worked at Publishers Weekly for 10 years, where he is currently
Director of Digital Operations. He teaches at New York University and
Princeton University.