Sky Burial: New and Selected Poems by Peter Gizzi Tony Frazer using a language that is

using a language that is precise

deeply moved by the desolation of these solitary funerals

‘The poetry of Thom Gunn was much admired in his lifetime

Christodoulos Makris

Selected Poems shows the great compass and interdependence of those two domains

Sky Burial: New and Selected Poems by Peter Gizzi Tony Frazer using a language that isGathered from over thirty years of work, the poems in this generous selection strike a dynamic balance of honesty, emotion, intellectual depth and otherworldly resonance in Gizzi's work, poetry itself becomes a primary ground of human experience. Haunted, vibrant and saturated with luminous detail, Gizzi enlists the American vernacular in a magical and complex music. Sky Burial is an immensely valuable introduction to his work.