A Thing That is: New Poems
William Maxwell called these poems "sleight of hand demonstrations," and it's not hard to see why. Marked by a deceptive simplicity and economy, the poems contain worlds of playful wisdom. Lax was a well-regarded avant-garde poet when he moved from the United States to Greece in 1962, and the American reading public hasn't heard much from him since.A Thing That Isshould make him an instant favorite among poetry-lovers.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.