The Ways Poems of Affirmation, Remembrance, Reflection and Wonder

The Ways is Everett Hoagland’s best book so far. I especially appreciate [his] work written during and about the endless pandemic…he nails it.” - Martin Espada, Winner of the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry

“With Everett Hoagland’s latest book, I am once again impressed by his skill and precision with language…it is breathtaking.” - devorah major, Poet Laureate Emerita, San Francisco, California

This is a collection of mainly “quiet” and contemplative poems. Most are new, written during the current pandemic; the other poems are good fits from his sixty years of previous publications…inspired by family, philosophical questions, manifestations of love and compassion, and aspects of the natural world in which Hoagland has found sanctuary, inspiration and some serenity during Covid.