Nobody's Ezekiel

“Christopher Middleton's rare genius for exact observation and metaphysical wit has given us for over half a century now poems of such brilliant craftsmanship and exacting sensibility that a few critics only have dared to assess their magic. He is an incomparable stylist, a wry ironist, a philosopher of words. The only category in which he fits justly is that of poet.” —Guy Davenport “A magnificent collection . . . from syntactical organization and vocabulary to the span of his intellectual sympathies his voice is unique.” –The Guardian (of Collected Later Poems)