triptych: Poems by Denver Butson

triptych is a book of poems in three sections. The first section, alarm clock alibis, is a selection of poems in open forms. The second section, the drowning ghazals, features poems in the Persian form, the ghazal, and employs lines “sampled” from other works. The final section, the remote and mocking sky, is dedicated to the poet’s brother, who died violently in 1989. triptych has gleaned praise from Jim Harrison, Ned Rorem, Thom Gunn, Theodore Enslin, Michael Mott, Elena Alexander, Forrest Gander, and Billy Collins. The book features a cover drawing by the poet’s brother, painter Gary Butson. The author photo is by noted American photographer, Cedric N. Chatterley.