Light in the Evergreens

"You don't foresee the best poems. In a way, they all look alike-a family of vast resemblances. But you might, as with Lex Runciman's poems, forehear them. There is a rightness in their cadences; there is something sacred in their saying. . . . What he writes is, by definition, what the best poetry is. You can hear it on every page." -Robert Wrigley, author of The True Account of Myself as a Bird

"Runciman is a poet of deep intelligence and humane witness, reminding us that careful attention . . . is itself a form of hope." -CMarie Fuhrman, author of Salmon Weather: Writing from the Land of No Return

"Runciman celebrates the quieter joys . . . and makes space for us to do the same . . . thoughtful, generous, and fully present."-Hilary Menos, author of Berg

"Completely authentic and powerfully compelling."-Edward Byrne, editor of Valparaiso Poetry Review

Lex Runciman is the author of seven books of poetry, including Unlooked For (2022), Salt Moons: Poems 1981-2016 (2017), and The Admirations (1989), which won the Oregon Book Award. Professor Emeritus in English at Linfield University, he lives in Portland, Oregon.