The Girl in the Yellow Raincoat

Published 1989 – Poetry Collection

In Abbott’s vibrant collection of poems, a lucid voice embraces a lyric intelligence of impressive power and understanding . . . with their passionate knowing of important things, Abbott’s poems secure a place in the mind and persist there, becoming familiar and loved.
— Stephen Sandy

The Girl in the Yellow Raincoat is a moving and intelligent book. Abbott’s wide knowledge of literature informs his experiences; his experience deepens his understanding of literature. And he remembers the especially remembers “the way boys dream” — at whatever age they are.
— Fred Chappell