HOUSE OF DECEMBER Including Selections from Words, And There Are Five Seasons and Interlude Seven magnificent new poems and selections from two previously published collections available only in hard-to-obtain privately printed editions comprise Richard David KennedyÕs HOUSE OF DECEMBER. Its author obviously sees Òthings clearly ...and whole,Ó to quote E. M. Forster in HowardÕs End, and he has also realized ForsterÕs admitted intention as voiced in the frontispiece of that novel: ÒTo connectÉÓ The poems on physical nature, fleshly and spiritual love, the creative act, and time, all echo KennedyÕs concern with the sanctity of the individual and the presence of the godhead in each and every one. The poetÕs technical virtuosity adds further complexity and density to his profound ideas. He makes us see things not only clearly and whole, but differently than before, the mark of an artist of the first rank. PAPERBACK EDITION