I have his New and Selected Poems, published in 2000 by Talisman House, preface by Dana Gioia.
A great advantage of having him on a MoM thread is that his poems are short and so easy to type in. “Few of his poems are longer than 10 lines,” observes Gioia.
The Spright of Delight
The spright of delight
Springs, summersaults
Vaults out of sight
Rising, self-spun
Weight overcome.
The Oracle
Feet east
Head west
Arms spread
North and south
He lies in bed
Intersected
At the mouth.
Gioia does list in the preface a number of well-known writers who supported Menashe’s work way before he came into the spotlight of the Poetry Foundation.
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