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James Hayford lived in Vermont for almost his whole life. At Amherst College, he studied with the famous poet Robert Frost. Frost took an interest in the young man and offered him a bargain. Hayford would receive one thousand dollars - enough, back in 1935, to live on for a whole year - if he would remain in America, stay away from advanced studies, and devote himself to writing poems. With Knee-D... More

James Hayford lived in Vermont for almost his whole life. At Amherst College, he studied with the famous poet Robert Frost. Frost took an interest in the young man and offered him a bargain. Hayford would receive one thousand dollars - enough, back in 1935, to live on for a whole year - if he would remain in America, stay away from advanced studies, and devote himself to writing poems. With Knee-Deep in Blazing Snow, as well as several other collections of poetry, Hayford shows us he kept up his end of the bargain, bestowing on the world poems about New England life that speak to our senses no matter where we may live. The poems in this collection were chosen for their appeal to young people, and sorted into the four seasons, so readers can get a taste of growing up in New England year-round. Hayford evokes moments of sometimes happy, sometimes wistful solitude, recalling swims in a secret pond, nighttime milking, the bliss of radiator-warmed socks, and maple sugaring in late-March woods "knee-deep in blazing snow." Michael McCurdy's black-and-white scratchboard and wood engravings amplify the drama of New England seasons and the beauty of rural life.

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