Water's Leaves and Other Poems

by Geoffrey Nutter

“Pantheism and synesthesia are his visionary rules . . . severe, contagious fun.”— Boston Review “How much of what we call ‘seeing’ is actually ‘believing?’” Geoffrey Nutter asks in his dazzling second collection. The quiet, daring “water voices” of these poems carry the reader into their serious play, in settings as varied as the Tappan Zee Bridge and the inside of a flower, turning language ‘touchable’ and words into music. Geoffrey Nutter was born in Sacramento, California. He is the author of A Summer Evening , winner of the 2001 Colorado Prize. His poems have appeared in The Best American Poetry 1997 and The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries . He lives in Manhattan with his wife, daughter, and son.

Genres: Poetry

96 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

Geoffrey Nutter was born in Sacramento, and attended San Francisco State University and the Iowa Writer's Workshop. He is the author of Christopher Sunset (Wave Books, 2010), Water's Leaves & Other Poems (Winner of the 2004 Verse Press Prize) and A Summer Evening, winner of the 2001 Colorado Prize (Center for Literary Publishing, 2001). His poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies, including The Best American Poetry 1997, The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries and Isn't It Romantic: 100 Poems by Younger American Poets. Geoffrey currently teaches in New York City, where he lives with his wife, daughter and son.

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