Poems 1: 1968 - 1972

This chapbook is the first in a fivepart series of essential selections from acclaimed poet David Kherdian's vast catalog of poems written over the past 50 years. David Kherdian Poems 1 surveys Kherdian's first three fulllength poetry titles: On the Death of My Father (1968), Homage to Adana (1970) and Looking Over Hills (1972), all originally published by The Giligia Press.


Kherdian's work comes from silence, was written in silence, and leaves silence in its wake. His poetry concentrates on small details in a large landscapea cat sleeping on a bed, moss growing on the base of a tree, a grasshopper on a twig. Instead of trying frantically to rearrange reality, the poet calls attention to it, in a soft voice.