One of the best anthologies i have ever read!!!! A selectoin of poets' own poems, many with notes explaining how they came to write the poem and what it means to them. THis is one of the first anthologies that is not divided by themes, but instead, each poem leads to the next; a subtle journey from childhood to war to nature to aging and more. I am so glad I started at the beginning and just read through it over a period of weeks. ( )