Unsleeping: Poems

Praise for Michael Burkard:

"Burkard returns us to a primary strangeness. . . . [He] is invested in a metaphysics of relationship, probing into how we treat each other (and hence ourselves). . . . His is an honest introspection mapping out hearts that ever slide." —Timothy Liu, Harvard Review

"On rare occasions one comes across an artist whose work feels truly haunted, as mysterious and resonant as the landscape or the constantly shifting reality of our dreams. . . . Michael Burkard's poetry presents a kaleidoscopic and rigorously self-reflective vision, encompassing at once a great tenderness for the world and an uneasiness with the sufaces to which we cling. . . . Entire Dilemma serves as a touchstone, an indispensable reminder of just how quiet and redemptive poetry can be. —Kathryn Levy, Provincetown Arts