The Look Back: New and Selected Poems - Michael Jennings

nThe Look Back isn n nn n...a journal of the poet's progress through time, across varied horizons, and within personally-n nsignificant as well as culturally- and geographically-shared landscapes, all presented in accessible andn nfamiliar yet original language.n n--Jonas Zdanys, Poetry Internationaln n nn nThe geographies of Jennings' life permeate his poems...the landscape is a character in its own right.n nIt is a presence infiltrating all that lives within it.n n--Bob Darling The Tar River Poetry Reviewn n nn nHis satisfying lines sing with memory, endured longing, and an imperfect sense of self, striving ton nmake sense of mortality.n n--Ken Hada, World Literature Todayn n nn nReading the love lyrics...feels like falling in love. We follow the development of a romancen nthat...turns the tawdry dross of adultery into the gold of clean-washed emotion. Everything sparklesn nfreshly in these poems.n n--Jay Rogoff The Southern Reviewn n nn n...a Muse book for the most part, deftly dancing with death and the seasons, full of wisdom andn nrhyme, assonance and alliteration, pace, silence, love, all those elements that are poetry or shouldn ndefine what poetry is.n n--Kerry Shawn Keys, Rain Taxin n nn nHis gift is to reflect the immensity of life, both exterior and interior.n n--Susan Deer Cloud, Stone Canoen