"Delicious paradoxes are the very texture of Robert Clinton's refreshing and consistently surprising WASTELAND HONEY, just as paradox and self-contradiction are all too often the texture of our oxymoronic lives." -Lloyd Schwartz, Who's on First?, Pulitzer Prize winner in Criticism

"Robert Clinton's poems take chances and get away with it. They are the work of a thoroughly sophisticated and original mind." - Linda Bamber, Metropolitan Tang: Poems

"Clinton's language bears the stamp of pure poetry: well-wrought syntax, sudden juxtapositions, and especially a compelling musicality. These poems read as if hurtled into being by a mysterious and wonderous energy." - Nance Van Winckel, The Many Beds of Martha Washington

"Clinton is no-nonsense poet; his intentions are serious and deeply felt. Loosen the girdle of your expectations and give yourself over to the lush sound/sense of his magical world. You won't be disappointed you did." - Mark Pawlak, My Deniversity: Knowing Denise Levertov