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A rich, meditative new collection of poetry from John Koethe, the "necessary and great poet" (Hyperallergic).It’s presumptuous, but if you’re reading this youProbably know my usual obsessions and preoccupations:The “world”—both the word and what it stands for—and time,Which is or isn’t real, dependi... Read More about Beyond Belief: Poems

Collected poems from America’s searching and thoughtful philosopher-poet. . . There’s somethingComforting about rituals renewed, even adolescents’ pipe dreams:They’ll find out soon enough, and meanwhile find their placesIn the eternal scenery, less auguries or cautionary talesThan parts of an unchan... Read More about Walking Backwards: Poems 1966-2016

A searching new collection from America’s philosopher-poetJohn Koethe, in his tenth volume of poetry, investigates the capricious nature of everyday life, “the late-night jazz, great sex and all / The human shit defining what we are.” His poems—always dynamic and in process, never static or complete... Read More about The Swimmer: Poems

North Point North: New and Selected Poems showcases the work of an important contemporary American poet, winner of the prestigious Kingsley-Tufts Award for Poetry. The volume opens with twenty-one new poems, some of which have appeared in The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, the New Republic, the... Read More about North Point North: New and Selected Poems

A Harper Perennial paperback original, Ninety-fifth Street is a beautiful new collection of poems by John Koethe, acclaimed by poet Edward Hirsch as an heir to Wallace Stevens. In this, his eighth book of poems, Koethe, the author of North Point North and Falling Water, offers readers the reflection... Read More about Ninety-fifth Street: Poems