This World of Selves: New & Selected Poems

If the basic unit of humanity is the self, the world's collective selves form an elaborate array of human perception. In this, his seventh book of poetry, Kevin Acers delivers more than fifty new poems interspersed with updated versions of almost sixty more from previous collections. These intriguing poems convey a multitude of cognitive moments: insightful observations, playful speculations, Zen-like pauses of surprise. With his singular perspective the poet hands us his personal kaleidoscope through which to view this world of selves.