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Author
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"In this new work from one of America's foremost poets, W.S. Merwin guides readers to universal themes through worldly specifics. Similar in tone and effect to Pablo Neruda's Elemental Odes, every poem in Present Company directly address the human encounters and ordinary objects of daily life, as in "To the Face in the Mirror" or "To Salt."" "These poems to the world are fully engaged with living, are serious yet playful, inspiriting and full of wonder....
Author
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
"A deeply considered selection from W.S. Merwin's vast oeuvre that represents the poems--and a few select pieces of prose--that readers will cherish today, tomorrow, and into the next century. This incisive, slender collection draws only the best of the best from the work Merwin published over his sixty-year writing career. A teeming, resonate, exuberant testament of a rare, revolutionary, and deeply rewarding poet. And what better way to honor those...
Author
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
In the sequel to The First Four Books of Poems, originally published in 1975, this current collection spans the sixties and the early years of the seventies and embodies pronounced changes from the poems in the four books that preceded them.
Author
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
This volume presents a collection of poems reflecting the author's life. Mysteries of light, darkness, temporality, and eternity weave throughout his poetry. His memories are focused and profound, of Pennsylvania miners and neighborhood streetcars, a conversation with a boyhood teacher or parent, the distinct qualities of autumnal light and gentle rain, well-cultivated loves, and "our long evenings and astonishment." From the universe's contradictions,...
Author
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
"Merwin's masterfully refined, meditative poems stem from his dwelling mindfully in one beloved place and handling words as though they are seeds, flowers, stones, and water... Merwin has attained a transcendent and transformative elevation of beaming perception, exquisite balance, and clarifying beauty."-Booklist, starred review of The Moon before Morning "In his personal anonymity, his strict individuated manner, his defense of the earth, and his...
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