Ellen Bryant Voigt

Messenger

New and Selected Poems 1976–2006

Startling new pieces join poems from the celebrated poet’s previous collections.

This collection arranges poems from the author’s six highly praised books alongside a group of astonishing new pieces.

“Her gift is the elegy, cool and direct as rain, but varied and intricate with masterful praise. . . . Poems passionate but disciplined sing line by line.”—2002 National Book Award finalist citation

Ellen Bryant Voigt has received numerous grants and prizes, including the Pushcart Prize. She lives in Marshfield, Vermont.

February 2007 / hardcover / ISBN 10: 0-393-06250-3 ISBN 13: 978-0-393-06250-2 / 192 pages / POETRY