Gathered together in this volume are over two hundred and fifty poems from Anthony Castro. Included are his first published poems from Manhattan Quarterly when he was an emerging poet, to his most recent songs. Throughout his eminent career, Castro has experimented with different forms and styles, even creating an innovative form in 89 blinks that recognizes the inherent duality of all things while drawing the reader into an intimacy with the poem's experience. Anthony Castro seeks to see reality and show the world as it is. "He celebrates the uniqueness of people and allows into his songs the sublime, the sad and the proximity of death-in life, along with a joy of language, a delight in humor and recognition of the holiness of love."

In Coming About, Anthony Castro, in his sixth collection of poems, continues to explore the mysteries and beauty of everyday life, the dream world of the mind, the struggles of the poet and our inevitable confrontation with the precipice of life's end. He leaves us with a surprising yet hopeful future. Castro gives us poetry that avoids the obscure. In Cera; Un a Volta we are in his grandmothers kitchen. In Running Water we are on a college campus after a student's suicide. In Marginal we sit on a plane's wing looking into the cabin and watch the clouds romping by. We visit Owls Head Maine for a counterpoint to contemporary culture. We see two views of the world on the day of Castro's birth May 1933. Through straightforward language and direct narratives Castrol gives us diverse views of our world and life. Also written by Anthony Castro: Straight Line Bending