Commentary by X. J. Kennedy: John Brugaletta is a poet of tremendous versatility. Master of the sonnet and other traditional forms, he is equally skilled in free verse. Readers will be rewarded with startling insights. How often the poems surprise us, arriving at destinations impossible to predict. Brugaletta is even-that rarity nowadays-a devotional poet who strikes up intimate conversations with God. Here is a vital contribution to American poetry, the best of an impressive body of work achieved over three decades.