The Last Place on Earth

In this autobiographical book of poems, the arcof a life is considered from childhood to last days, each poem a stop along the way.From remembering how his mother wrote, "A bird /skipped across the surface of the page." To consideringhow he might choose to spend his last moments,"I would read out loud / the way you sometimeslike me to, every word / a star. Brilliant, then dimming."