Murmur of the Stars Selected Shorter Poems

Peter Dale Scott's Murmur of the Stars is a work of extraordinary insight and charm, threaded through with the world vision of the diplomat and political activist--and with the more intimate, equally intense recognition of the humanist. Poet, professor, scholar, translator, traveller--Scott's rich and varied life experience is wondrously reflected in this collection of his poetry. Praise for previous books: "[Coming to Jakarta is] a work of great richness and complexity." - Thom Gunn, Times Literary Supplement "The wisdom that Scott achieves in [Listening to the Candle], and that he embodies in its flexible inclusive structure, is that we must search for a way between what he calls the 'brutality' of civilization and the mindless anarchy that he says will soon lead to brutality." - Daniel Morris, Harvard Review