Book Series
Excursions In Poetry

These titles stand somewhat apart from our other series, in part because, in one way or another, they involve not only poetry, but performance in general. They also take us into other times or places than are reached in our other books.

No corner of antiquity can be fully understood by itself. Some sense of the rest of the world is needed. The Psalms have their own formation process, quite apart from that implied by the principal Hebrew Bible texts. Tang and later Chinese poems make subtle allusions to earlier poems, going back to classical times, and they in turn are the referential horizon for poets of later ages. What line shall one draw? Where do we plan to stop learning? Here are a few things to help push that limit outward -- and hopefully, to enjoy oneself while doing so.

We include some pages from a book which it will not be possible to publish. It reflects a long enthusiasm for a classical Japanese poet.

The Psalms / In Their Own Time
Chinese Poems: Glimpses of a Virtuoso Tradition (in final proofreading)
Yakamochi: Half a Life in Poetry