Poetry. Hailed by a host of writers on its first publication in 1982 HARDCOUNTRY went out of print in 1987 but has continued to enjoy an undergroundreputation. ... » 

Poetry. Hailed by a host of writers on its first publication in 1982 HARDCOUNTRY went out of print in 1987 but has continued to enjoy an undergroundreputation. In reissuing this book West End Press salutes one of the mostdynamic and moving American poems of the latter half of the twentieth century.A tree sprouts from my buried heart Americas images take place in my bonesin the worlds valley low and open. One great poem an epic poem in theproper sense a personal journey but also the foundation myth of a culture theseeker is the American earth herself incarnate in the voice of the poet andthe hero is collective the voices of its living commingling with those ofthe dead through the terror of all history Carolyn ForchAaA. «