In Someone s Shadow is, quite simply, one

of the most direct, touching and beautiful

collections of love poems by an American

poet. In diary form it chronicles aloneness,

the coming of love, the duration of an affair

and the leave-taking, Using the seasons of

the year as a platform to speak eloquently of

man s need, the words in this book under-

score the reason why Rod McKuen has be-

come not only the most influential and best-

selling poet of our lifetime, but quite possibly

the best-selling poet of all time.

As well as the "diary," In Someone s

Shadow contains a series of verses entitled

Did You Say the War Is Over?, some of the

material from A Man Alone (written for Frank

Sinatra) and a collection of lyrics from the

writer/composer s recent songs.