Star Journalis a selection of poems from Christopher Buckley's twenty previous collections,from 1980-2014.
Past praise from Philip Levine:
“The poems are modest, straight forward, intensely lyrical and totally accessible. . . . This is a humble poetry of great truths and profound emotions that never overstates its concerns for the events both in and above the world. It rewards countless readings and never betrays itself.”
—Ploughshares
Past praise for Christopher Buckley:
“The poems are modest, straightforward, intensely lyrical and totally accessible. . . . This is a humble poetry of great truths and profound emotions that never overstates its concerns for the events both in and above the world. It rewards countless readings and never betrays itself.”
—Philip Levine onSkyinPloughshares
“Time and the shifts of time are the burden: not simply time as recollection or loss but also and everywhere the persistent loneliness of star time, mastodon time, so that finally these are poems in which reflection takes on uncommon amplitude and presence. And all this would be nothing, of course, without the language, which is the glory of these poems.”
—Peter Everwine onDark Matter
“Christopher Buckley’s gift for wide-ranging thinking meshes so gracefully with lovingly tender details, he feels like a companion voice for all time—a Hikmet, a Neruda, yes.”
—Naomi Shihab Nye onBack Room at the Philosopher’s Club
“There is a deep nostalgia here, but also wisdom and common sense, and beautiful writing. I welcome him at his maturist, poet of stardust.”
—Gerald Stern onAnd the Sea
“The poems are verbally so rich, generous, out-loud (I can't lSİ
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