Sonnets

In Sonnets, David Novak offers a loosely gathered sequence of reflections on several intersecting, overlapping conversations--with a beloved one, now absent; with fellow poets, his predecessors; with a family scarred by war. These conversations reveal a struggle with intractable, inadequate language itself and a God who doesn't seem to answer. Though the verse often flows from a deep and bitter well of regret, it also taps the clear waters of acceptance, faith and love.