Poetry. Robert Thompson's poems have many admirable qualities, chief among them: a light touch. A light touch is only admirable when it goes against the grain, when it is something more than willful fun 'n' games, or mere whimsy, when it undermines solemnity without sacrificing attention. "The pleasures of Robert Thompson's delightful CITY OF WATER are the pleasures of the unexpected, whether disclosed in a romantic meditation on a beautiful life, in a Brooklyn trashscape, or in his son's nursery. Consisting of two long, capacious ruminations, "The Light of Things" and "Room with Red Andes," punctuated by short poems of a striking clarity the book chronicles an intensely alert mind whose perceptions range from the hilarious opening poem to the quietly devastating title poem with which it concludes"--John Koethe.

Author Hometown: NEW YORK, NY USA



About the author: Robert Thompson is a Midwesterner who has lived in Brooklyn for the past twenty-five years. He studied poetry at Brooklyn College and wrote a Ph.D. dissertation on James Schuyler at The City University of New York Graduate Center. A chapbook entitled The Pear Tree's Winter was published by Intuflo/Groundwater Press (Hudson, New York). He works at Touro College, where he teaches English at the School of Career and Applied Studies.