<p><b>A rich, meditative new collection of poetry from John Koethe, the "necessary and great poet" (<i>Hyperallergic</i>).</b><br><br>It¿s presumptuous, but if you¿re reading this you<br>Probably know my usual obsessions and preoccupations:<br>The ¿world¿¿both the word and what it stands for¿and time,<br>Which is or isn¿t real, depending on my mood. I¿ve always<br>Hated poems about philosophy, and I hope I still do,<br>But since I don¿t know what that means anymore, here I am,<br>Musing on my ends and my beginnings one more time . . .<br><br>In <i>Beyond Belief</i>, John Koethe poses eternal and essential questions about the rhythms of time, language and literature, and ¿the space between attention and belief.¿ The eleventh book of poetry from America¿s philosopher-poet is an intimate, searching collection that gives life to the mundane and lends words to our most interior and abstract musings. What makes a life real? Words on a page, the accumulation of moments and memories, or nothin