When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past into knowledge made applicable to the present, and where visions shape the present...

If words come alive on the page, the writer succeeds in connecting to the reader.

Is it not a pity when some stylistic subtlety is lost without trace by the reader’s inattention?

It’s not enough to know what all the words mean,” he continued. “A good reader starts to see what an entire book is trying to say. And then a good reader will have something to...