A collection of work from 42 new and accomplished poets on the subjects of ordinary people, places, and things.

Poets are in the business of seeing things differently...

Whether the poets in this volume are focusing on doorknobs, bedsheets, apples, or garden tools, they reveal startling and often soulful views of everyday phenomena. Like quantum physicists who suspect that other dimensions lie folded within the few that are obvious to us, these poets detect layers of meaning in surfaces that might otherwise appear flat. They do this by giving us views that are both personal and universal; in fact, it is the challenge of the poet to use the fewest possible words to create the greatest possible connection between seemingly separated minds...from the Introduction