Poetry. The poems in CENTURY'S ROAD travel the "plain public road" of American daily life while glimpsing the humanity of other continents. At the center of the book is the figure of the `child as witness,' whether newborn or newly immigrated, abandoned or unplanned, learning to read, or telling stories. In a voice combining a clear sense of image and sound, these poems stand in a lyric tradition yet address issues - and mysteries - beyond the personal. "An award-winning poet's first collection; an expansive imaginative outreach into the world of the senses"--Jane Hirshfield.