These poems capture the romance, irony, and pathos of love; they movingly chronicle days in post-9/11 New York and bring a fresh perspective to an array of subjects -- from the Brooklyn Bridge to Gertrude Stein to Buddhism. "When a Woman Loves a Man" is playful, inventive, and as amusing as it is clever; it is the work of a poet at the height of his lyrical and reflective powers.<p>