Without by Donald Hall

Donald Hall,
Without, poems: In his fourteenth collection, Hall writes with grief, grace, and courage about the poet Jane Kenyon, his late wife. The first half sketches her illness and death. The second half is comprised of verse letters he addresses to Kenyon in the ensuing year. This book stands as a poignant and powerful testimony to both love and loss, celebration and lament. (Houghton Mifflin)