"Poetry has changed since Hesiod, but the essence of what makes a great poem hasn't. These poems, written through the 'eyes of a superintendent,' are perceived through the eyes of a poet. Dalachinsky's poems are marked by a Zen-like humanity, spot-on cadence and attention to the beauty of a poem on the page. So what if he had to pick up garbage, fix leaking faucets and shovel snow in blizzards, he took time for 'night viewing the cherry blossoms/illuminated by their own pink light.' Thanks to poetry of this caliber, 'tomorrow is as good as ever/ Amen'."-- Janet Hamill, author of Body of Water, Bowery Women: Poems and Lost Ceilings.