Publisher's Synopsis
Flanagan wins�me with his rich humor and compassion, his keen ear and sharp eye, his technical skill, his ability to slam a poem shut with a crash, his way with simile and metaphor. Here is a rich,�long overdue gathering of Flanagan's finest and most insightful poems, the harvest of four decades.�Open this book and�you just might find it irresistible.... X. J. Kennedy