Not Hearing the Wood Thrush
Poems
Seiten
2018
Louisiana State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8071-6820-2 (ISBN)
Louisiana State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8071-6820-2 (ISBN)
In this transformative new collection, Margaret Gibson moves inward, taking surprising, mercurial turns of the imagination, guided by an original and probative intelligence. With a clear eye and an open heart, Gibson writes, “How stark it is to be alive”- and also how glorious, how curious, how intimate.
I look about and find whatever I see / unfinished,"" Margaret Gibson writes in these powerful and moving poems, which investigate a late-life genesis. Not Hearing the Wood Thrush grapples with the existential questions that come after experiencing a great personal loss. A number of poems meditate on loneliness and fear; others speak to ""No one""- a name richer than prayer or vow."" In this transformative new collection, Gibson moves inward, taking surprising, mercurial turns of the imagination, guided by an original and probative intelligence. With a clear eye and an open heart, Gibson writes, ""How stark it is to be alive""- and also how glorious, how curious, how intimate.
I look about and find whatever I see / unfinished,"" Margaret Gibson writes in these powerful and moving poems, which investigate a late-life genesis. Not Hearing the Wood Thrush grapples with the existential questions that come after experiencing a great personal loss. A number of poems meditate on loneliness and fear; others speak to ""No one""- a name richer than prayer or vow."" In this transformative new collection, Gibson moves inward, taking surprising, mercurial turns of the imagination, guided by an original and probative intelligence. With a clear eye and an open heart, Gibson writes, ""How stark it is to be alive""- and also how glorious, how curious, how intimate.
Margaret Gibson is the author of twelve collections of poems and one prose memoir. A native of Virginia, now a resident of Preston, Connecticut, she has received numerous honors, including the Lamont Selection, Connecticut Book Award, and Melville Kane Award. Her collection The Vigil was a finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry.
Erscheinungsdatum | 11.09.2018 |
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Verlagsort | Baton Rouge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
ISBN-10 | 0-8071-6820-3 / 0807168203 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8071-6820-2 / 9780807168202 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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