The Pulitzer Prize finalist’s sixth collection of poems, One Man’s Dark, is an example of strong craftsmanship: voice-driven verse with a focus on musicality and economy. Manning’s lines are some of the tightest in contemporary poetry; he is a precision poet in the truest sense of the word. Efficient line-composition is an essential skill for a poet because it does the all the hard work and is the foundation and structure, letting each poem offer up its unique personality.