Carl Dennis is the author of eleven previous works of poetry, as well as a collection of essays, Poetry as Persuasion. In 2000 he received the Ruth Lilly Prize for his contribution to American poetry. His 2001 collection Practical Gods won the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Buffalo, New York.

Other poems by Carl Dennis in Verse Daily:
April 20, 2016:   "To Orpheus" "Even now, when accepting loss is considered..."
October 21, 2010:   "Pioneers" "If time were in fact like money..."

Books by Carl Dennis:

Other poems on the web by Carl Dennis:
Sixty-seven poems
Five poems
"Missing"
Two poems
Twelve poems
Two poems
"Drugstore"
"Silent Manners"

Carl Dennis according to Wikipedia.