Boxing the Compass
Author: Richard Greene
Desc: A poetry collection of mid-life reassessments that also makes room for the martyrdom of Saint Polycarp tone-deaf church choirs the last of the Newfoundland whalers and vividly remembered Portuguese fishermen. Spiritually searching and intellectually rich Richard Greene’s third book —which ranges from intimate to ironic to satiric —shuns easy answers in poems of unfashionable eloquence comprised of colloquial textures clear-eyed narratives political subtexts and no-nonsense introspection.