Howard W. Robertson

Two Odes of Quiddity and Nil
(Production Studio)
"I like very much the sweep of time in these poems and of the development of life-forms, from the protists to the creatures now, human and other." --Margaret Krausse

"Lovely. Howard W. Robertson's work continues to move from strength to strength." --Matthew Stadler

The Gaian Odes
(Evening Street Press)
"This is one of the most original and powerful books of poetry you can find: a series of independent, inter-related, flowing expressions of ways of seeing the world and all life in it that makes existence an experience of a fantastic reality--not a fantasy but a reality that is more like--in Thoreau's words--'an Arabian Nights' entertainment' than we think. Howard Robertson offers here a mastery of language and vision that's rare in literature at all times but, gratefully, present for us now." --Gordon Grigsby

The Bricolage of Kotegaeshi
(The Backwaters Press)
"Beautiful. Truly remarkable. The tremendous breadth I am accustomed to finding in Howard W. Robertson's work is here constricted by a narrative shape of such concision and grace that every line bristles with a double motion: the forward-moving pressure of the narrative and a simultaneous bursting outward. Superb!"

Ode to certain interstates and Other Poems
(Clear Cut Press)
“Robertson brings a lifetime of learning into poems written in a radically new line. He flows easily between the domestic and political, sociological and philosophical. He reaches a standard that seems no longer to exist in the current poetry culture. He is growing into a major poet.”

to the fierce guard in the Assyrian Saloon
(Ahsahta Press)
“The delight of this book is its constant surprise. Its physical and contemplative world is where the quotidian meets the sublime. Robertson reminds us that living is a beautiful and terrible mystery that is best faced with humor, endurance, and love; his intense language makes this reminder powerful.”