The writer of poems of unmatched beauty, Wilbur has twice been awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Images and ideas, the brimming natural world, and the meditative enclosures of the mind are combined with an ironic wit and an intellectual poise. He is the master of the tiny lyric and of expansive discourse. "The earthy, reassuring, and honest tones of [his] voice provide the essence of the poems captured in this recording."—AudioFile