Michael White's poetry is unusual for its loving patience in 
imagining how human predicaments feel. Using a striking variety 
of measures, his meditations attempt to re-enact the grain of 
consciousness as it plays out, from elegy to simple joy.


"Michael White's work does what all good poetry does: it presents 
the sun-drenched quotidiana of our lives, and lifts it all into the 
sacred space of poetry and memory. He delights us with his 
naming."—Paul Mariani, judge and author of Deaths and 
Transfigurations

"Here is a book that explores the interplay between interior and 
exterior landscapes with such generous and beautifully crafted 
detail that readers will feel they are no longer reading these poems 
but living them."—Kathryn Stripling Byer, 2005 Poet Laureate of 
North Carolina

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MICHAEL WHITE has published two full-length collections of 
poetry. His poems have appeared in many magazines and 
anthologies including The New Republic, The Paris Review, and 
The Best American Poetry. He holds degrees from the University 
of Missouri and the University of Utah and teaches at the University 
of North Carolina at Wilmington, where he lives.


Number Thirteen: Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry