A Monk’s Tale By Sam Hamill You need an active subscription to view this contentYou should really subscribe now!Or login if you already have a subscription. Share — Issue: Spring 2005 / Volume 81/2 Published: April 14, 2005 Sam Hamill Sam Hamill’s selected poems and translations, Almost Paradise, was recently published by Shambhala. He co-founded and was editor at Copper Canyon Press from 1972 through 2004 and is founder and director of Poets Against War.