Cloudwatcher

by Michael Bazzett

88 pages, Paperback

Expected publication April 7, 2026

About the author

MICHAEL BAZZETT is the author of five books of poetry: You Must Remember This, (Winner of the 2014 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry); Our Lands Are Not So Different (Horsethief Books, 2017); The Interrogation (Milkweed Editions, 2017); The Temple (Bull City Press, 2020); and The Echo Chamber (Milkweed, 2021). His translation of the creation epic of the Maya, The Popol Vuh, (Milkweed, 2018) was named one of 2018's best books of poetry by the New York Times. He is the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and his poems have appeared in numerous publications, including Ploughshares, The Sun, The American Poetry Review, Tin House, & The Iowa Review. A longtime faculty member at The Blake School, in Minneapolis, Bazzett has received the Bechtel Prize from Teachers & Writers Collaborative.

Reviews

[Benjamin Niespodziany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clouds and rivers swirl through Bazzett's fifth full-length poetry collection. He (always) does such a masterful job of blending the surreal with the comedic with the reflective and the divine. It's conversational yet challenging. Serious poetry with a slight smirk, or humorous poetry with a serious tinge. I love these poems. I'm a Bazzett completionist, having read all three of his chapbooks, all five of his poetry collections, and both of his translations. I recommend you do the same.