Poetry. "Flanagan wins me with his rich humor and compassion, his keen ear and sharp eye, his technical skill, his ability to slam a poem shut with a crash, his way with simile and metaphor. Here is a rich, long overdue gathering of Flanagan's finest and most insightful poems, the harvest of four decades. Open this book and you just might find it irresistible"--X. J. Kennedy. "These intelligent, sharply focused poems recall a gritty past of rented apartments ('cramped endurances'), 'cracked tar,' the fight game, and turf wars in scenes of working class urban America, 1950s. But this poet is also at ease with the natural world as he sinks his roots in the river beds of Ohio, dreaming 'peace for his children,' flashing forward to insights of a life lived through.... I greet this strong and moving book with admiration and joy"--Colette Inez.

Author City: SANDUSKY, OH USA

Robert Flanagan is a novelist and short story writer with three books to his credit, and a series of poetry chapbooks. He was director of Creative Writing at Ohio Wesleyan University, now retired.

Reviews and Other Links
author site