I Look And Look, / As Though

Merely To Have Survived Is Not An Index Of Excellence.

I Look And Look, / As Though I Could Be Saved Simply By Looking

If The Heart Has Its Reasons, Perhaps The Body Has Its Own Lumbering Sort Of Carnal Spirit, Felt In The Tingling Bruises Of Collision, And Known To Captains As Esprit De Corps.

It Doesnt Seem To Me Strange That Children Should Like The Macabre, The Sensational, And The Forbidden.

I'm Filled With Admiration, Delight, And Gratitude At Discovering James Lasdun's Poems In A Jump Start. He Has Wit, Speed, Intelligence, A Keen Eye, Precision, And Imagination Of A High Order.