The Task (softcover) is a collection of verse by Robert Bernstein, composed 1983 to 2025.

It has been said that poetry should concern 'griefs, not grievances,' Yep. While that should be kept, strongly, in mind, one should also, when making poems, adhere to the idea that they should attempt to be both thoughtful and artful, neither aspect overwhelming the other, balanced.

Be advised, that, if you chose to read this Task (which is not required reading, though it seems to have been required writing, the writer's task, not yours) a casual approach is best, a random page here, then, another one there, these were not made to be read as a cluster.