The Light the Dead See

Frank Stanford

Unique in form and subject matter, Frank Stanford was a poet of great vision and power. While his verse may seem random and vulgar at first glance, The Light the Dead See stunned me with its familiarity with Death as a companion and friend. With this in mind, it seems no wonder that Stanford eventually felt compelled to take his own life.
Stanford’s poetry is without bounds. The imagery he puts forth concerning the backwaters of rural America inspires chills, not because it was frightening, but because it illustrated the truth about the often violent and arbitrary turns of chance rule the lives of many of us.

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