The Czeslaw Milosz evokes the prophetic figure of the American poet Robinson Jeffers (1887 – 1962). Once the subject of a literary cult, Jeffers was later rejected by liberal taste and by the academic establishment. But in the last decade he has found a new audience. His indictments of the modern world are increasingly pertinent; the passion behind his writing, his subtle and strong rhythms and his clearsightedness set him in a class of his own. Colin Falck suggests that the neglect of Jeffers 'may be a measure of the spiritual voice at the heart of our culture, and a confirmation of some of his direst insights' – Jeffers's work has an energy and a spiritual intensity which are increasingly rare in poetry.