Only As the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems

Only As the Day is Long by Dorianne Laux is a collection of new and selected poems that I picked up when I heard the poet read in Portland, Oregon at Powells Books. The book includes a large number of selected poems from five earlier collections, as well as a number of new poems in the title section, “Only as the Day is Long.” There is a lot to love here and I've been reading it gradually over a month or more. I think I am most moved by the new poems, though, many of which deal with the death of the poet's mother (who also appears in many of the earlier poems).