Poetry. Art. Illustrations by Lucia Vernarelli. ADDRESS TO THE SMALLER ANIMALS is a reprint of the original collection of poems of the same name written by Robert Nichols in the 1960s and published in 1976. Robert Nichols has been a poet, writer, landscape architect, and anti-war activist for many decades. He makes no distinction between the literary and the political, as he and his wife (the late Grace Paley) were often quoted. This edition of ADDRESS TO THE SMALLER ANIMALS marks a long awaited triumph for readers, historians, and activists alike.