An Abundance of Caution

by George Witte

"An era-encapsulating collection of stylish, deftly composed poems." --Kirkus Reviews

A poetry collection lending a voice to finding grace in a time marked by environmental crisis, global pandemic, and personal loss, answering uncertainty with clarity, imagination, and compassion in lines both formal and free. Distinguished by expert attention to image and phrase, line and sentence, rhythm and tone, George Witte's An Abundance of Caution proves much more than a showcase of virtuoso technique. Witte's formal skill lends voice and body to the crucial work of finding grace in a time marked by environmental crisis, global pandemic, and personal loss. His poems gain their depth and dimension from attentiveness to the lives of others, the details of the natural world, and the often-bewildering ways we live now. In lines both formal and free, these poems answer uncertainty with clarity, imagination, and compassion. An Abundance of Caution is George Witte's fourth collection of poems. Poetry. Nature. Family & Relationships.

Genres: Poetry

114 pages, Hardcover

First published May 9, 2023

About the author

George Witte is the author of four books of poems: An Abundance of Caution, Does She Have a Name?, Deniability and The Apparitioners. His poems have been published in a range of journals including Consequence, Five Points, Nimrod, Revel, The New Criterion, The Yale Review, Think, and elsewhere, and anthologized in The Best American Poetry, Rabbit Ears (poems about television), The Doll Collection, (poems about dolls), and What the House Knows, (poems about houses, shelter, families, and secrets). He has received the Frederick Bock Award from Poetry magazine and a fellowship from the New Jersey Council on the Arts. He lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey.