Poems (1962-1997) gathers 35 years of Robert Lax’s work, rarely published and largely composed in solitude on the island of Patmos. Compiled and edited by the poet’s former assistant John Beer, this selection reflects–through meditative sequences in striking vertical columns–Lax’s rigorous attention to the world around him, and his relentless aspiration to new ways of writing. The New York Times called Lax one of "America's greatest experimental poets, a true minimalist who can weave awesome poems from remarkably few words."
Handwritten notes and poems by Robert Lax, courtesy of the Lax archives at St. Bonaventure University
