Waiting for the Small Ship of Desire

This latest collection of Allan Coopers poetry includes some of his most personal poems, including revelations to him after the death of his mother and sharply etched emotional memories of childhood and grandparents. It includes other verse as well inspired by Robert Bly, John Keats, and the Urdu poet Ghalib, among others. Readers return to Allan Coopers poems to be reminded of the quiet power of nature and how it can shape our lives and provide sustenance, vision, and even salvation when necessary. Here are poems to be read slowly and cherished. Over the last forty years, he has published sixteen collections of poems. His most recent collection, Toward the Country of Light: New and Selected Poems, was published by Pottersfield Press in 2018. His poems and translations have appeared in publications in Canada and the United States.--