Now That My Father Lies Down Beside Me

Now That My Father Lies Down Beside Me collects 30 years of Stanley Plumlyy's poetuc art work drawn from a variety of backgrounds of inspiration. This collection of poems has been selected from each of the his six books. Plumly's work is a deeply moving series of poems. This latest collection, which includes many poems published in earlier collections, including the book's final poem, as well as some new ones, brings the father's presence into the book's title for the first time. Plumly, who has taught at the University of Houston and the University of Maryland, College Park, writes in an accessible style , rooted in reality.