Circus days & nights

the long version

"Jack Kerouac called Robert Lax "one of the great original voices of our times...a Pilgrim in search of beautiful innocence, writing lovingly, finding it, simply, in his own way." Though many hold him to be one of the greatest American poets of this century, Lax has maintained a low profile, living and writing in seclusion on the Greek island of Patmos. In Circus Days and Nights Las's three great poem cycles on the circus are collected for the first time.". "Each of the three poems in this collection expresses a reverence for the acts of daring, beauty, and grace that make the circus the singular event it is. What also emerges is the drawing of a link between this world of the circus - wherein a tent is erected, acts are performed, and then the tent is disassembled only to be re-erected the next day - and Lax's faith. As Denise Levertov has said, "the radiant security of Lax's faith appears in his work as a serenity of tone." Circus Days and Nights presents a powerful spiritual vision for the present day."--BOOK JACKET.