Recent poems by H. R. Coursen have appeared in Amoskeag, Animus, A Sense of Place, Café Review, Hollins Critic, Jung Center Newsletter, Literary Review, Maine Poetry Anthology, Maine Scholar, Monkey"s Fist, Off the Coast, Puckerbrush, Shakespeare Newsletter, Small Pond, Sonnetta Poesia, Sports Illustrated, South Carolina Review, Stanza, Tar River Poetry, and Wolf Moon. His poetry has been featured twice on Garrison Keillor"s Writer"s Almanac. His books of poetry have been finalists for the National Book Award and the Pushcart Prize. He has won the best book and best poem awards from the New England Poetry Club and the best poem award from the Maine Poets Society. "One of Maine"s best lyric poets..." Dana Wilde, Bangor Daily News "He is writing, in my opinion, as well as anyone and better than almost everyone." Lewis P. Turco, author of The Book of Fears "Coursen is known for his mastery of numerous poetic forms. But regardless of poetic form used, the real world comes through." Rod Farmer in Maine in Print