Metaphor of Trees & Last Poems

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Poetry. Reality isn't real. Why do we look?/ We look because the real is the shape of desire:/ that the world be real and we a person in it./ We believe our beliefs to pretend that that should be/ or abide a world whose reality isn't real. One of our most intimate, haunting, and important poets -- Dictionary of Literary Biography. One of the most solid and unfrivolous contemporary poets -- Kirkus Reviews. Arguably the most metaphysical poet of his generation -- Hungry Mind Review.

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"Arguably the most metaphysical poet of his generation" --

Hungry Mind Review

"One of our most intimate, haunting, and important poets" --

Dictionary of Literary Biography

"One of the most solid and unfrivolous contemporary poets" --

Kirkus Reviews

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"Reality isn't real. Why do we look?/ We look because the real is the shape of desire:/ that the world be real and we a person in it./ We believe our beliefs to pretend that that should be/ or abide a world whose reality isn't real."