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The first collection of poetry that allows us to see police officers not just as brutalizers or heroes but as complicated human beings in a position that is som

The Dream Police collects the best poems from five of his previous books and also includes a selection of new works. From his darkly erotic early verse to the m

ItÍs not every book of poetry that includes an ñOde to Body Armor.î But then, itÍs not every poet whose experience in academia includes a stint at the polic

Contributors Include: W.H. Auden, Robert Burns, Lewis Carroll, John Ciardi, Daniel Defoe, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Rita Dove, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Martín E