Description
Poetry. "The poems of TO SAY THE LEAST catch the reader off-guard in playful profundity. While always mindful of the tradition of poetry masquerading as direct statement (the likes of W.C. Williams, Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, and Charles Bukowski), J.R. Solonche nevertheless 'makes it new,' through his masterful use of understatement, aphorism, word play, and anaphora—raising poem after insightful poem from the familiar and often overlooked 'little things' of the poet's day-to-day encounter with the world. TO SAY THE LEAST is a way of 'Teaching by Example,' of course; as Solonche tells Brother Wren: 'Every little thing without / questioning is the purest way to sing.'"—Phillip Sterling
Author Bio
Nominated for the National Book Award and twice- nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, J.R. Solonche is the author of thirty books of poetry and coauthor of another. He lives in the Hudson Valley.
Author City: BLOOMING GRV, NY USA