The Selected Poems of Donald Hall - Donald Hall

nThe hard-won achievement of a lifetime. -- Wall Street Journal n When I was twelve I wrote my first poem, and by fourteen I decided that's what I'd do my whole life. I don't regret it. -- from the afterword by Donald Hall n n Donald Hall was an American master, one of the nation's most beloved and accomplished poets. Here, in his eighties, having taken stock of the body of his work--rigorous, gorgeous verse that is the result of seventy years of ambition and pleasure--he strips it down. n nThe Selected Poems of Donald Hall reflects the poet's handpicked, concise selection, showcasing work rich with humor and Eros and a kind of simplicity that succeeds in engaging the reader in the first few lines (Billy Collins). n n From the enduring My Son My Executioner to Names of Horses to Without, Donald Hall's best poems deliver a banquet in the mouth (Charles Simic) and an aching elegance (Baltimore Sun). For the first-time reader or an old friend, these are, above all others, the poems to read, reread, and remember.n