They Rule the World

“Hazo speaks in these poems with impressive clarity, honesty, intelligence and courage. By turns philosophical and political, Hazo does not suffer fools gladly. . . . Here is a poet who understands not only language, but silence. We would do well to listen to thewords and silences of Samuel Hazo.”—Martín Espada, award-winning poet and author of Vivas to Those Who Have Failed: Poems.

“These poems are engaging, personally warm, and stylistically poised, cultured and full of concern for family and friends. The candid voice of a man preoccupied with mortality and delighted with the details of a life among those he loves is an exemplary pleasure.”—Brooks Haxton, author of They Lift Their Wings to Cry Praise for Like a Man Gone Mad.

“This is poetry of maturity, of wisdom. . . . A beautiful book—distilled from years and years of living and writing.”—Adam Zagajewski, author of Without End: New and Selected Poems.

“Hazo’s poems advance with wit, irony, and insightful commentaryon many subjects, aphoristic thinking a key trait of his signature.”—The Hudson Review.