No Tear is Commonplace

Moss Stanley

The poems collected in "No Tear is Commonplace" stage a passionate, curious, and often combative relationship with the world and the forces that shape human life and death. Stanley Moss's range is wide: his poetry recalls the "Adirondack wilderness" of childhood summers, imagines a young Christ learning carpentry, reflects on the tragedies of twentieth-century Europe. What shines through is the poet's commitment to the fullness of human experience in the here-and-now.

About the Author

Stanley Moss is an American poet, editor, publisher and art dealer. He is the founder of the literary imprint Sheep Meadow Press.

Reviews

"Again and again, coming upon a poem of Stanley Moss's, I have had the feeling of being taken by surprise. Not simply by the eloquence or the direct authenticity of the language, for I had come to expect those in his poems. The surprise arose from the nature of his poetry itself, and from the mystery that his poems confront and embody, which makes them both intense and memorable" – W. S. Merwin

"It is time to celebrate the singular beauty and power of Stanley Moss's poetry... The damp genius of mortality presides" – Stanley Kunitz

"Unthinkable questions [...], but when he formulates them they take on the quiet urgency of common daylight" – John Ashbery

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