Merely To Have Survived Is Not An

I Look And Look, / As Though I Could Be Saved Simply By Looking

Brilliant. [lasdun] Seems To Me Certainly Among The Most Gifted, Vivid, And Deft Poets Now Writing In English, And Far Better Than Many Who Are More Famous. His Capacities Are Solidly Established; His Promise Is Nearly Infinite.

Children Know From A Remarkably Early Age That Things Are Being Kept From Them, That Grown-ups Participate In A World Of Mysteries.

There's Not A Good Poet I Know Who Has Not At The Beck And Call Of His Memory A Vast Quantity Of Poetry That Composes His Mental Library.

I'm Filled With Admiration, Delight, And Gratitude At Discovering James Lasdun's Poems In A Jump Start. He Has Wit, Speed, Intelligence, A Keen Eye, Precision, And Imagination Of A High Order.