Garden Time by W.S. Merwin (English) Paperback Book

Description: Garden Time by W.S. Merwin W.S. Merwin was arguably the most influential American poet of the last half-century – an artist who transfigured and reinvigorated the vision of poetry for our time. This late collection written in his late-80s finds him deeply immersed in reflection on the passage of time and the frailty and sustaining power of memory. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description W.S. Merwin is arguably the most influential American poet of the last half-century - an artist who has transfigured and reinvigorated the vision of poetry for our time. An essential voice in modern American literature, he was United States Poet Laureate in 2010-11. This new collection written in his late-80s finds him deeply immersed in reflection on the passage of time and the frailty and sustaining power of memory. Telegraphing between past and present, he shows us a powerful and moving vision of the eternal, focusing on images of mornings, sunsets, shifting seasons, stars, birds and insects to capture the connectedness of time, space and the natural world. In a poem about Li Po, now there is only the river / that was always on its own way. In another poem he dreams that the same river is still here / the house is the old house and I am here in the morning / in the sunlight and the same bird is singing. He remembers when dragonflies were as common as sunlight / hovering in their own days and recalls a house that had been left to its own silence / for half a century. In a poem of wonder entitled Variations to the Accompaniment of a Cloud, he writes: I keep looking for what has always been mine / searching for it even as I / think of leaving it. Notes From twice Pulitzer Prize winner comes this new set of poems composed as he was losing his sight and so scribed by his wife Paula. Author Biography W.S. Merwin (1927-2019) was Poet Laureate of the United States in 2010-11. He received most of the principal prizes in American poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize (twice), the Bollingen Prize and the Tanning Prize and a Lannan Lifetime Achievement Award. Bloodaxe published his Selected Poems in 2007, prior to which his poetry had been unavailable in Britain for over 35 years. As well as being an internationally renowned poet, W.S. Merwin was the author of many classic translations, including editions of Neruda, Dante, The Song of Roland, The Poem of the Cid, and (from Bloodaxe) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. His latest titles from Bloodaxe are Selected Poems (2007); The Shadow of Sirius (2009), which won him his second Pulitzer Prize; The Moon Before Morning (2014); and Garden Time (2016). All three of his late collections from Bloodaxe are Poetry Book Society Recommendations. Born in New York City, he taught at several universities, and lived on the Pacific island of Maui, tending to his writing and to his garden of rare and endangered palm trees. Review Now aged 89, [Merwin] composed the poems of Garden Time when he was going blind. His graceful, often stunning poems have been one of the pleasures of poetry readers for decades. At a time when insularity and identity politics seem, daily, to be set upon reducing and simplifying the complexity of the world, his new work again shows off the cosmopolitan virtues of this great American poet. Focused brilliantly on what we see and how we are seen, he is as urgent and perceptive as ever. -- John McAuliffe * The Irish Times * Review Quote Now aged 89, [Merwin] composed the poems of Garden Time when he was going blind. His graceful, often stunning poems have been one of the pleasures of poetry readers for decades. At a time when insularity and identity politics seem, daily, to be set upon reducing and simplifying the complexity of the world, his new work again shows off the cosmopolitan virtues of this great American poet. Focused brilliantly on what we see and how we are seen, he is as urgent and perceptive as ever. Details ISBN1780373155 Author W.S. Merwin Pages 80 Publisher Bloodaxe Books Ltd Year 2016 ISBN-10 1780373155 ISBN-13 9781780373157 Format Paperback Publication Date 2016-09-29 Media Book Imprint Bloodaxe Books Ltd Place of Publication Tyne and Wear Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 811.54 Birth 1927 Language English UK Release Date 2016-09-29 NZ Release Date 2016-09-29 Audience General AU Release Date 2017-01-04 Edition Description International We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159483888;

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