“These small poems traffic in life’s smallest details. But therein lies the paradoxical splendor of Mark Jackley’s work. The microscope he turns on everyday moments doubles as a telescope, enlarging the scope of our vision. A neat trick, except it’s not a trick at all. The poems in Many Suns Will Rise are the offerings of a fully mature poet, one who has labored long with the ghosts of Basho and James Wright providing company.”
Mike White, Poetry Editor, Quarterly West, author of How to Make a Bird with Two Hands and Addendum to a Miracle, winner of the Anthony Hecht Prize