“As a redoubt against mortality, <em>The Bitter Withy</em> maintains a vigilance toward the seen and an acceptance of the belated nature of understanding, a tenacity for things on the brink of vanishing…” ―<em>Pleiades</em> “Sincerity is risky. In an age that seems averse to that risk, these poems are welcome company.” ―<em>Chicago Review</em> “Donald Revell’s eleventh book is a collection of the crisp, intense poems for which he is known. The poems face the metaphysical and the religious head-on while leaving the reader with a feeling of new vision and open meditation” ―<em>Poets.org</em>