If Words Could Save Us

Published October, 2011 – Poetry Collection

Anthony Abbott’s most recent collection of poetry, is stunning in both craftsmanship and sensibility. In poem after poem he forges a compassionate pact with the world and, like all enduring pacts, it is one that sustains and confirms—the poet’s life, ours, and the great healing powers of language.
— Robert Hedin, author of  Old Glory

Oh Lord what a wonderful book — joyous and profound! Tony Abbott is a master of dealing with nothing less than the great circling round of life itself – the whole ball of wax – from youth to adulthood to the unexpected grace of old age.
—Lee Smith, author of Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger and The Last Girls