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With a lyrical precision that gleams in each finely tuned line, these poems spin and burst with a timeless beauty. Always open to possibility and with an eye that is as cinematic as it is microscopic, Robins builds radiant, multifaceted poems that despite the wounds of life, give in to wonder.

-Ada Limón

Michael Robins’ gorgeous new book is filled with myriad objects and strange observations. They are pulsing in a gentle yet powerful cadence, all working an edge of circuitous narratives that start in one place and end up in a magical world. These wondrous poems are pure acts of the imagination and filled with love, wisdom, and joy.

-Peter Gizzi

Available at IPG, Bookshop, and the Saturnalia Books Bookstore.

News & Publications

4/26/21 – “Dress Rehearsal,” “Now that You’ve Called Me by Name,” “That Old Sentimental Try,” and “The Wild & Merciless Arrows” in the new issue of Sprung Formal.

4/15/20 – “If Beauty Matters,” “In the Doldrums of Summer,” “Straight as the Crow Flies,” and “The Second Day” at Court Green.

1/25/21 – “During the Great Hummingbird Wars” forthcoming in Bennington Review.

11/17/20 – “In the Direction of Our House,” “On Domesticity,” and “The Last Sunday in July” in TYPO.

7/18/20 – “Against Long Island,” “One Hundred Days,” and “Someone Who Looked Just Like Me” at Trampoline.

7/15/20 – “In Lieu of Flowers” in the new issue of Tupelo Quarterly.

4/26/20 – “Good News Will Come” (a daily, month-long postcard exchange with Noah Falck) forthcoming in Ghost Proposal.

2/1/20 – “National Historic Battlefields” and “Poem for Koji Uehara” in the new issue of The Laurel Review.

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