Shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize
Finalist for the Forward Prize for Best Collection
The extraordinary new poetry collection by Tracy K. Smith, the Poet Laureate of the United States
Jangling handcuffs and keys, what else Are they so buffered against, if not love's blade
Sizing up the heart's familiar meat? We watch and grieve. We sleep, stir, eat.
Love:...