If You Only Knew

By: Sampson, Dennis

Dennis Sampson's new chapbook offers some of the greatest poems of an American master late in his seventh decade. The poems are elegant and as clear and deep as the pristine water of Oregon's Crater Lake. These poems will transform you.

Dennis Sampson was born and raised in South Dakota. His previous volumes of poetry include The Double Genesis, Forgiveness, Constant Longing, Needlegrass, For my Father Falling Asleep at Saint Mary's Hospital, Within the Shadow of a Man, The Lunatic in the Trees, and Selected Poems.n Virginia, as the Visiting Poet in the M.F.A Program in Creative Writing at UNC Wilmington, and at Wake Forest University. He lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1950475476
• ISBN13: 9781950475476
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Homestead Lighthouse Press
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"