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Makes You Stop and Think
Sonnets by Daniel Hoffman

A collection written over fifty years, Makes You Stop and Think is the latest work from the accomplished and renowned poet Daniel Hoffman.

“The sonnet… is a sacred // vessel, it takes a civilization / to conceive its shape or know / its uses,” the poet Louise Bogan told “a crowd of bearded youths” and “rumpled girls.” Hoffman’s harvest of half a century’s sonnets shows the richness and power of their form. These poems revel in exploring memory and feeling:

For reality is vintage and delicious
Especially when you taste it while it brews
Because it comes as love comes, heart-skip sudden.
Yet long as a lifetime in a once past wishes,
A gift you couldn’t have the wit to choose.

November 2005
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in., 56 pages
paperback - ISBN 0-8076-1561-7
$14.95 (Can. $21.00)
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hardback - ISBN 0-8076-1560-9
$24.95 (Can. $35.00)


	Makes You Stop and Think Sonnets by Daniel Hoffman A collection written over fifty years, Makes You Stop and Think is the latest work from the accomplished and renowned poet Daniel Hoffman. “The sonnet… is a sacred // vessel, it takes a civilization / to conceive its shape or know / its uses,” the poet Louise Bogan told “a crowd of bearded youths” and “rumpled girls.” Hoffman’s harvest of half a century’s sonnets shows the richness and power of their form. These poems revel in exploring memory and feeling: For reality is vintage and delicious Especially when you taste it while it brews Because it comes as love comes, heart-skip sudden. Yet long as a lifetime in a once past wishes, A gift you couldn’t have the wit to choose. *November 2005* 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in., 56 pages paperback - ISBN 0-8076-1561-7 $14.95 (Can. $21.00) - hardback - ISBN 0-8076-1560-9 $24.95 (Can. $35.00)		ACCLAIM FOR DANIEL HOFFMAN’S POETRY “Hoffman believes in spontaneity and surprise… but knows that form can be a catalyst of happy accidents…. It’s good to see that he’s been this good for this long.”—New York Times Book Review “Daniel Hoffman is an exemplar of our poetic generation. There is a lifetime of wisdom and sensibility in these lines, a generosity of spirit that shines through and illumines his lovely new book.”—Carolyn Kizer on Darkening Water Hoffman’s poems display “a remarkable consistency and maturity of voice… sharpness of eye, precision of ear, pleasure in satisfied memory, and a delight in language.” —Southern Review on Beyond Silence “For over fifty years we have had a master in our midst.”—Hudson Review