The Time,

The Hour,

The Solitariness of the Place

by

Louis Phillips

" I like the absolutely straightforward way you go after a poem, whether you catch one or not.  I like  the fact that you recognize the obligation of the poet to make and attractive object.  These are deceptive poems- people who haven't sweated out this kind of lucidity are apt to think: I could do that.  But in fact it takes a lot of luck and honesty and nerve, all of which you seem to have.  Your poems enjoy good health."

-William Meredith-

"Louis Phillips' poems, so deftly variable in mood and mode, have given this reader permanent pleasure."

-James Merrill-