by Margaret Jamison, Director of the Carnegie Art Center, Walla Walla

Tom Delmore's poetry is powerful stuff. His imagery ranges from gritty train yards to kitchen tables, from the sheen of a crow's feather to blood on the sands of Iraq, from a 1955 Ford to the plagues of Moses, all conjured with a brevity of language which mirrors their purpose. These are glimpses into times, places, people and myth. We are not meant to dissect and analyze, only to make acquaintance and reflect, and, far from sated, we inevitably return to meet again.