While We've Still Got Feet

By David Budbill

- Budbill is very popular on NPR's Writer's Almanac, and Garrison Keillor has read his poems two dozen times - A continuation of the mountain hermit schtick from Moment to Moment--a schtick that clearly resonnates with readers as MTM is now in its fifth printing - If you love him, you love him. Booklist does. They selected Moment to Moment as one of the "Ten Best Books of the Year" - We receive more mail about Budbill than any other poet we publish

• Language: English
• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
• Release date: Dec 4, 2012
• ISBN: 9781619320611

David Budbill

David Budbill (1940–2016) is the author of eight books of poems, seven plays, two novels, a collection of short stories, two picture books for children, and the libretto for an opera. He also served as an occasional commentator on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. He is well known for his play Judevine, which is centered on the lives of people who live in a fictional Vermont town—a place of great beauty and sometimes tough living. His honors include an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from New England College, a Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. David lived a humble, engaged, and passionate life in the green mountains of Vermont with his wife of 50 years, the painter Lois Eby.

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Reviews for While We've Still Got Feet

[unclebob53703 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Very plain spoken stuff, satisfying in the manner of spending an afternoon with an old friend who is , at turns, clever, melancholy, self-depracating, and keeps hitting the nail on the head.

[MarkCunliffe · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Brilliant. This is a collection of superb poems written in the style of Han Shan (Cold Mountain), Ryokan, and the Mountains and Rivers greats of Chinese classic mountain / Zen poets, this really is treasure. I'm eagerly now reading David Budbill's other 'mountain hermit' books. Equally recommended!