New and Selected Poems: 1989-2009

Published January, 2010 – New and Selected Poems combines the passion and compassion of three decades with the urgency and clarity that have become Anthony Abbott’s signature.

It is a special pleasure to have this gathering of poems from more than three decades, where the range and depth of Tony Abbott’s work are now clear… rare among contemporary poetry, there is a vein of relish, human connection and joy, coursing through Abbott’s poems.
— Robert Morgan, author of The Strange Attractor: New and Selected Poems

A volume full of variety, redolent with reminiscence, urgent with love, colorful with imagery, and affirmative with statement, there is nothing drab or coy here. Abbott’s world is alive, chirping and talking, singing, and thinking.
— Fred Chappell, North Carolina Poet Laureate, 1997-2002