Worldly Hopes Poems

"Like the other slim volumes published in the 1980s, this one gives us breathing room after the density of the COLLECTED POEMS. Here, in his continuing frankness toward the world, and in 'self-endorsing song,' Ammons makes a virtue of the egotistical sublime, allowing the breakthrough that 'I may put writing aside some day to seek to know.' Stevens wrote that the poet 'fulfills himself only as he sees his imagination become the light in the minds of others. His role, in short, is to help people to live their lives.' It is heartbreaking to imagine a future without new poems from Archie Ammons, but the ones he gave us will continue to light the way: and 'ahead, the road / pure of you.'"Ammons, A. R. is the author of 'Worldly Hopes Poems', published 2001 under ISBN 9780393321852 and ISBN 0393321851.