Almost Complete Poems
WINNER OF THE 2016 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY
Moss is oceanic: his poems rise, crest, crash, and rise again like waves. His voice echoes the boom of the Old Testament, the fluty trill of Greek mythology, and the gongs of Chinese rituals as he writes about love, nature, war, oppression, and the miracle of language. He addresses the God of the Jews, of the Christians, and of the Muslims with awe and familiarity, and chants to lesser gods of his own invention. In every surprising poem, every song to life, beautiful life, Moss, by turns giddy and sorrowful, expresses a sacred sensuality and an earthy holiness. Or putting it another way: here is a mind operating in open air,…
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April 16, 2019
Born in New York City, STANLEY MOSS was educated at Trinity College and Yale University. He has been writing poetry for over a half-century. In addition, Moss is a private art dealer specializing in Italian and Spanish old masters, as well as the publisher and editor of The Sheep Meadow Press, a non-profit publishing house devoted to poetry. Moss lives in Clintondale and River Corners, New York.
Always Alwaysland
Stanley Moss
Not Yet
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Act V Scene I
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Almost Complete Poems
Stanley Moss
Abandoned Poems
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God Breaketh Not All Men's Hearts Alike
Stanley Moss
New and Selected Poems 2006
Stanley Moss
A History of Color
Stanley Moss