The shadow of Sirius

Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley) 1927-2019 (Author).

Summary: 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, the author once again calls upon the unexpected to illuminate existence.

Record details

ISBN: 1556593104
ISBN: 9781556593109
Physical Description: xii, 117 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Port Townsend, Wash. : Copper Canyon Press, 2009.
Copyright: ©2008

Content descriptions

General Note:	Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. Poems. Originally published in hardcover in 2008.
Formatted Contents Note:	Nomad Flute -- Blueberries After Dark -- Still Morning -- By the Avenue -- Note -- Accompaniment -- Without Knowing -- Song of the Trolleys -- From the Start -- Far Along in the Story -- Pinnacle -- Child Light -- Empty Lot -- No -- Piano -- Secrets -- Likeness -- Raiment -- Europe -- Photographer -- Traces -- Inheritance -- Broken Glass -- Lament for a Stone -- Note from the Cimmerians -- Codex -- Beyond Question -- Youth -- By Dark -- Calling a Distant Animal -- Night with No Moon -- Good Night -- At the Bend -- Into the Cloud -- Another Dream of Burial -- Ring -- Little Soul -- Trail Marker -- Dream of Koa Returning -- Cargo -- Going -- Curlew -- Nocturne -- Day without a Name -- Recognitions -- Escape Artist -- Mole -- Eye of Shadow -- Letter to Ruth Stone -- Worn Words -- Letter to Su Tung-p'o -- Basho's Child -- Odds -- Long and the Short of It -- Unknown Age -- My Hand -- What the Bridges Hear -- First Days -- Heartland -- Long Afternoon Light -- Cave -- Morning Hills -- Cold Spring Morning -- Near Field -- To Paula in Late Spring -- Youth of Grass -- Silence of the Mine Canaries -- Walled Place above the River -- Horse Heaven -- One of the Butterflies -- Parts of a Tune -- Nocturne II -- White Note -- Gray Herons in the Field above the River -- No Shadow -- Making of Amber -- September's Child -- Remembering the Wings -- Shadow Hand -- Barrade -- Into October -- Lights Out -- Falling -- Grace Note -- One Valley -- Old Trees on the Hill -- Single Autumn -- Lake Shore in Half Light -- Momentary Creed -- Rain Light -- Just This -- Laughing Thrush -- Animula, a Late Visitation: a note on Hadrian's "Little Soul."
Awards Note:	Pulitzer Prize, 2009.