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Poems. |
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The nomad flute -- Blueberries after dark -- Still morning -- By the avenue -- Note -- Accompaniment -- Without knowing -- The song of the trolleys -- From the start -- Far along in the story -- The pinnacle -- Child light -- Empty lot -- No -- The piano -- Secrets -- A likeness -- Raiment -- Europe -- Photographer -- Traces -- Inheritance -- A broken glass -- Lament for a stone -- A note from the Cimmerians -- A 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 -- A ring -- Little soul -- Trail marker -- Dream of Koa returning -- Cargo -- Going -- The curlew -- Nocturne -- Day without a name -- Recognitions -- Escape artist -- The mole -- Eye of shadow -- A letter to Ruth Stone -- Worn words -- A letter to Su Tung-p'o -- Basho's child -- The odds -- The long and the short of it -- Unknown age -- My hand -- What the bridges hear -- The first days -- Heartland -- Long afternoon light -- Cave -- The morning hills -- Cold spring morning -- Near field -- To Paula in late spring -- Youth of grass -- The silence of the mine canaries -- Walled place above the river -- A horse heaven -- One of the butterflies -- Parts of a tune -- Nocturne II -- White note -- Gray herons in the field above the river -- No shadow -- The making of amber -- September's child -- Remembering the wings -- Shadow hand -- Barrade -- Into October -- Lights out -- Falling -- Grace note -- One valley -- The old trees on the hill -- A single autumn -- Lake shore in half light -- A momentary creed -- Rain light -- Just this -- The laughing thrush -- Animula : a late visitation.The nomad flute -- Blueberries after dark -- Still morning -- By the avenue -- Note -- Accompaniment -- Without knowing -- The song of the trolleys -- From the start -- Far along in the story -- The pinnacle |
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-- Child light -- Empty lot -- No -- The piano -- Secrets -- A likeness -- Raiment -- Europe -- Photographer -- Traces -- Inheritance -- A broken glass -- Lament for a stone -- A note from the Cimmerians -- A 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 -- A ring -- Little soul -- Trail marker -- Dream of Koa returning -- Cargo -- Going -- The curlew -- Nocturne -- Day without a name -- Recognitions -- Escape artist -- The mole -- Eye of shadow -- A letter to Ruth Stone -- Worn words -- A letter to Su Tung-p'o -- Basho's child -- The odds -- The long and the short of it -- Unknown age -- My hand -- What the bridges hear -- The first days -- Heartland -- Long afternoon light -- Cave -- The morning hills -- Cold spring morning -- Near field -- To Paula in late spring -- Youth of grass -- The silence of the mine canaries -- Walled place above the river -- A horse heaven -- One of the butterflies -- Parts of a tune -- Nocturne II -- White note -- Gray herons in the field above the river -- No shadow -- The making of amber -- September's child -- Remembering the wings -- Shadow hand -- Barrade -- Into October -- Lights out -- Falling -- Grace note -- One valley -- The old trees on the hill -- A single autumn -- Lake shore in half light -- A momentary creed -- Rain light -- Just this -- The laughing thrush -- Animula : a late visitation. |
| Summary |
The nuanced mysteries of light, darkness, temporality, and eternity interweave throughout Merwin's newest collection of poems. "I have only what I remember," he admits, and his memories are focused and profound--well-cultivated loves, the distant qualities of autumnal light, memories of Pennsylvania miners, a conversation with a boyhood teacher, and "our long evenings and astonishment." From the universe's chiaroscuro shadows, Merwin once again calls upon the language of surprise to illuminate existence. He is wiritng at the peak of his powers. |
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Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-2019.
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Poetry.
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| ISBN |
9781556592843
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1556592841
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