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Poems by Mark McMorris

Within the intimate, enlightened, and dazzling linguistic flights of these poems, Mark McMorris offers keen observations on war and warriors, history and art—engaging a world that has experienced “continuous combat since Helen gave Paris a flower / at least since the Bronze Age of Agamemnon's armada.”

Stylistically appealing and intellectually stimulating, this collection brings something new to narrative poetics. Sagacious and personal, urgent and playful, McMorris's voice takes the point of view of both an astute political interrogator and someone merely giving advice to a friend. Both his tone and the form of these poem-letters remind us that communication is the purpose of language and through it, we can address the deepest spiritual questions, continuing humanity's timeless cultural exchange.