Far-Fetched

A new collection from one of contemporary American poetry''s finest craftsmen

Through birdcalls and ancient songs, rain patter and a child''s scribble, the poems in Far-Fetched "sound the empty space / to test how long / how far." They follow the contours of Appalachian hillsides, Missouri river bends, and remote Australian coastlines, tuning language to landscape. They register emotional life with...