Bob Pfeiffer's second poetry collection dares us to be "good to one another," to be "serious about experience," and "to enjoy / the smallest fragments of life." It's a book about fatherhood, citizenship, and--first and foremost--love. At turns funny, at turns enraged by injustice, these clear-eyed and kindhearted poems achieve hopefulness without falling into naivety. Indeed, they recognize that "There is the world we have, / and the world we want," and that a huge gulf exists between the two. Poetry, though, offers us, we who reside in that first world, a way to access the second, its joys and miracles, and we're lucky to have Bob Pfeiffer to show us the way. -- James Davis May, author of Unquiet Things
In The Inexhaustible Before, his powerfully moving second collection of poems, Bob Pfeiffer writes, "This world is divided into two types of people: those with empathy for the living...and those without." Unquestionably the poems of this book express empathy at every turn: for past girlfriends, polar bears, animals struck by cars, tsunami victims, a mother diagnosed with cancer, a girlfriend become wife, a baby daughter...Underpinning the voice of this emotionally rich book is a belief in our shared humanity and the ultimate hope for redemption through love. -- Beth Gylys, author of Sky Blue Enough to Drink

The Inexhaustible Before

Literature & Fiction

Pfeiffer, Robert

Poetry

Plain View Press, LLC

These are the poems of an honest seeker. In an age when so many poets hide behind the wall of irony, I'm grateful for a young poet who is willing to stand out in the open and risk a sincere approach to the mysteries of the world. Robert Pfeiffer is a strong and fresh voice in American poetry. This is a fine collection, a truthful witness to the possibility of meaning in the world.  David Bottoms In this post-post modern world where cynicism and irony are the predominant forces at work in much of the poetry produced and lauded, Robert Pfeiffer's debut collection Bend, Break emerges like a wave of crisp cool air blown in through the swamp. Part hard-edged grit, part careful observation, part wry acceptance, the poems in this book are both rooted in tradition and fresh in their vision. Never sentimental, the work in this wonderful collection seems to teeter almost effortlessly between despair and joy. Beth Gylys

Bend, Break

Plain View Press

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