Intrusions of Love

"He is a poet of distinction, with a strong sense of form and a wealth of significant experience to draw on. He is especially good in his evocations of family life. I am also impressed by his careful depictions of landscape and his love of metaphor." - Stephen Stepanchev

"Extremely impressive for many reasons: the wide range of subjects and moods, the precise, distinctive diction, the energy of syntax, the memorable imagery, the ways in which a poem's structure creates movement and resolution. Friedman's work is sophisticated but still accessible, and his poems are exciting and stimulating in diverse ways." - Stanley Friedman