David Rodericks poems are exquisitely made with language that is rich andprecise.... He convinces us that we are all pilgrims committing our acts ofcourage as w... » 

David Rodericks poems are exquisitely made with language that is rich andprecise.... He convinces us that we are all pilgrims committing our acts ofcourage as well as our little crimes. This book is immensely rewarding.JamesTateIn Blue Colonial David Roderick memorializes his hometown by excavating andreimagining its individual and collective histories. Set in PlymouthMassachusetts where English colonists first settled in 1620 Blue Colonialuses dramatic and narrative effects to explore the burdens of historicalinheritance vanished Native American tribes the seeds of American cultureand our physical and psychological encroachment upon the natural landscape.Whether he is writing about historical legacy or his own backyard Roderick hasarrived at a voice of distinct solitariness and precise observation. Withpassion and sly wit he has composed a strangely luminous book a poetrycollection that resonates with gravity fine music and a deep regard for thetask of being human in the world. With an introduction by Robert Pinsky. «