Lost for Words: Selected Poetry

These are the poems I seek. These are the poems that resonate with me; that speak to me. I demand highly literate, technically adept, and intelligent verse when I read poetry and this is exactly what I got upon reading Rufus Skeen s debut collection, Lost For Words. Shades of Merwin, Sandburg, Frost, Gunn . . . these poems are that good I compare them with the greats. I feel privileged to have read this special and powerful collection. If you love good poetry, that is equal parts sensitive and cerebral, philosophical and celebratory, hopeful and ruminative look no further. A wonderful collection. - William Cook, author of Corpus Delicti, and Gaze into the Abyss: The Poetry of Jim Morrison.