Children of the Air
Theodore Deppe
"In language lit with the brilliance of icons Deppe illuminates the lives of those we
might disregard, as well as the gentle and damaged terrain of family history. This volume
marks the debut of a poet of admirable merit."
—Lynda Hull
"These poems seem utterly fearless to me—willing to go wherever they must go, able to say whatever they must say. But it is not fearlessness nor honesty alone which strike me: Theodore Deppe has tenderness, he has music, he has passion. These poems hold true to the poet's vision: The world is here, and painful, yet lovely, too."
—Herbert Morris
"Theodore Deppe's poems have both range and authority, combining compassion for his
world with impressive prosodic skills. He speaks with authority because his poems...take
nothing for granted, acknowledging the difficulties of grace and the tenuousness of human
relationships."
—David Wojahn
about the author
Theodore Deppe was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1950. He is a graduate of Vermont College's MFA in Writing program and holds degrees from Earlham
and Berea Colleges. Ted Deppe is the author of Children of the Air (1990) and The Wanderer King (1996), both from Alice James Books. His Cape Clear: New and Selected Poems was published by Salmon Books in Ireland in 2002. He has been awarded two NEA grants and fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Commision and the Connecticut Commission for the Arts. He has won a Pushcart Prize and is the present writer-in-residence at Phillips Academy in Andover.
Author photo by Mark Wootton
two poems from children of the air
