A Trial of Time

Vlad Neagoe's poetry makes up a tragic and profound horizon of transparence on the verge of words, is one of the messages of the highest lyricism which the Romanian poetry achieved from all times. Vlad Neagoe's varied and deep poetic works (over 30 volumes of poetry) belong to one of the most gifted and accomplished Romanian poets. These are poems rich with image and wit, flooded with a heightened sensory awareness and a strong power of rhythm, music and sound in language. The poems in A Trial of Time reveal the range, power and flexibility of this exceptional poet.