Synopses & Reviews
Review
"For obvious and well intentioned reasons, it is difficult nowadays to speak of Weigl's poetry without mentioning the Vietnam poems; they are, by turns, appalled, entranced, loving, enraged. And no one should miss them. But the other poems, which constitute the great majority of this collection, are equally compelling. There are steel workers and mourning doves, squabbling newlyweds and a battered wife, and as their stories unfold, so too does Weigl's delicacy, a tenderness and care that is part of his craft: his poems remind us, no, show us, that free verse is a demanding verse form." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)