Walking Backwards Poems 1966-2016 Author:John Koethe Collected poems from America?s searching and thoughtful philosopher-poet — . . . There?s something — Comforting about rituals renewed, even adolescents? pipe dreams: — They?ll find out soon enough, and meanwhile find their places — In the eternal scenery, less auguries or cautionary tales — Than parts of an unchanging whole, as ripe for contemplation... more »
As a planisphere or the clouds: the vexed destinies, the shared life,
The sempiternal spectacle of someone preaching to the choir
While walking backwards in the moment on a warm spring afternoon.
John Koethe?s poems?always dynamic and in process, never static or complete?luxuriate in the questions that punctuate the most humdrum of routines, rendering a robust portrait of an individual: complicated, quotidian, and resounding with truth. Gathering for the first time his impressive and award-winning body of work, published between 1966 and 2016, Walking Backwards introduces this gifted poet to a new, wider readership.« less