Just Once: New and Previous Poems
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Just Once: New and Previous Poems
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Praise for Just Once: New and Previous Poems
Selected by Naomi Shihab Nye as the Winner of the 2003 Maurice English Poetry Award
One relishes his jauntiness, his ever-varied grammatical attack, and the wiry suppleness of his phrasing.
—Richard WilburA voice like his is badly needed in our time for its clarity…its sense of mystery and transcendence.
—The Laurel ReviewSam Hazo has perfect pitch, taking experiences of everyday life and translating them into songs at once familiar and surprising.
—Jane Alexander
Samuel Hazo is the author of poetry, fiction, essays, various works of translation and four plays. Governor Robert Casey named him Pennsylvania’s first State Poet 1993. He served until 2003. From his first book, through the National Book Award finalist Once for the Last Bandit, to his newest poems, he explores themes of mortality and love, passion […]
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