Nearly a Caress: Last Poems

Nearly a Caress: Last PoemsJane Greer (1953 2025) was a poet, teacher, and founding editor of Plains Poetry Journal. This collection, her fourth, gathers the poems that remained unpublished or uncollected at the time of her death. They represent the ultimate refinement of her craft. "Greer left us too soon, but left us these wry, hard won, well wrought verses, witty and wise, that search for and find grace in unlikely places." A. E. Stallings, Professor of Poetry, Oxford

and short hymn-like pieces

These brief poems welcome all readers

its new shoots braiding “into a wild cascade

are radiant nevertheless with the vision of a transcendent “golden hour

the Catholic priesthood has its maddening moments

Thomas Aquinas

she reminds me of Augustine as a great dramatist of the inner religious life

Ignatius–founder of the Jesuits

But to have Pittsburgh Playwrights bringing them to life is over the top

A great read

“Samuel Hazo has been a constant and positive presence in the American poetry world for more than half a century

Prepare yourself for a wild ride to a surprising destination