The Trembling Answers: Poems

WINNER OF THE 2018 LENORE MARSHALL POETRY PRIZE At once an extension of and a departure from his previous explorations of family and art, Craig Morgan Teicher's *The Trembling Answers* delves boldly into the tangled realms of fatherhood, marriage, and poetry. Dealing with the day-to-day of family life—including the alert anxiety and remarkable beauty of caring for a child with severe cerebral palsy—these personal narratives brightly illuminate the relationship that exists between poetry and a life fiercely lived.**Video Baby Monitor** *A watched pot never boils, so perhaps* *a son on a screen never dies. Like the eyes* *of a painting this image follows wherever we move.* *Surveillance is love, love is every moment the last.* *Barely moving picture, memory of now, sleep, be still, be* *safe. Night is long, life short. I cover you with my eyes.* **Craig Morgan Teicher:** is the author of four books of poetry and fiction and the editor of *Once and For All: The Best of Delmore Schwartz* (2016). A prolific critic and reviewer of poetry, he has worked at *Publishers Weekly* for 10 years, where he is currently Director of Digital Operations. He teaches at New York University and Princeton University.