false 150308 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 150308 2 145074 2007 Blackbird and Wolf: Poems total:44|5:12|4:19|3:9|2:3|1:1| 44 170 71 7 26815 3.90 162 18 65168122 264827 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.85 40 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 2 0 false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 14:21:56 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 07:32:31 -0700 2009 where there is no tennis or jam;
but I can't bear to think of the trough in my mattress
filled up by another."
- The Erasers (excerpt)

"Once, in a light-bathed kitchen,
naked and blissfully myself, ..."...more...]]> 3497053 216743 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 4 0 false Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 25 06:34:52 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 21 05:49:42 -0800 2008 35777375 1620144 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 4 0 false Mon Oct 20 12:40:07 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 12:41:35 -0700 2008 51033824 943025 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 5 0 false Wed Jul 29 13:39:15 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 10:12:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 13:39:15 -0700 2009 32072060 1324157 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 4 0 false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 05 04:39:26 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 17 16:56:31 -0800 2008 ]]> 47299054 1192927 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 4 0 false Mon Feb 23 15:08:13 -0800 2009 Mon May 25 02:37:56 -0700 2009 http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMI...]]> 77168734 2924421 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 2 0 false Sun Nov 08 20:52:36 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 20:52:36 -0800 2009 76303141 1113562 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 5 0 false Thu Nov 05 18:26:03 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 31 10:48:47 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 10:48:47 -0700 2009 75579022 1835958 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 0 0 false Sat Oct 24 07:44:11 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 07:44:11 -0700 2009 75502273 2865079 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 3 0 false Fri Oct 23 11:11:08 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 11:11:08 -0700 2009 73627545 2799042 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 5 0 false Tue Oct 06 09:08:44 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 09:08:44 -0700 2009 71468923 1753805 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 0 0 false Wed Sep 16 16:08:12 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 16:08:45 -0700 2009 63765139 1064217 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 0 0 false Thu Jul 16 14:17:02 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 14:17:02 -0700 2009 63526228 2524053 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 5 0 false Tue Jul 14 19:26:33 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 19:26:33 -0700 2009 61800874 2475585 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 0 0 false Wed Jul 01 13:58:25 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 13:58:25 -0700 2009 59434050 806113 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 0 0 false Fri Jun 12 13:56:24 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 13:56:24 -0700 2009 57335475 241537 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 0 0 false Mon May 25 22:56:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 22:56:09 -0700 2009 54617759 1110931 3143964 0374531129 9780374531126 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3143964.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 4.00 4 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.

—from “Gravity and Center”

In his sixth collection of verse, Henri Cole deepens his excavations and examinations of autobiography and memory. These poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Central here is the human need for love, the highest function of our species. Whether writing about solitude or unsanctioned desire, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract, and he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div></div>]]> 2007 0 0 false Fri May 01 13:29:34 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 13:29:34 -0700 2009 52757913 1065678 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 0 0 false Wed Apr 15 06:31:13 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 16 19:23:15 -0800 2009 52728263 2221764 150308 0374113793 9780374113797 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736m/150308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212736s/150308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150308.Blackbird_and_Wolf_Poems 3.86 44 I don’t want words to sever me from reality.
I don’t want to need them. I want nothing
to reveal feeling but feeling—as in freedom,
or the knowledge of peace in a realm beyond,
or the sound of water poured in a bowl.
—from “Gravity and Center”</div><div> </div><div>In his sixth collection of poetry, Henri Cole deepens his excavations of autobiography and memory. “I don’t want words to sever me from reality,” he asserts, and these poems—often hovering within the realm of the sonnet—combine a delight in the senses with the rueful, the elegiac, the harrowing. Many confront the human need for love, the highest function of our species. But whether writing about solitude or the desire for unsanctioned love, animals or flowers, the dissolution of his mother’s body or war, Cole maintains a style that is neither confessional nor abstract. And in Blackbird and Wolf, he is always opposing disappointment and difficult truths with innocence and wonder.</div></div>]]> 2007 5 0 false Tue Apr 14 20:33:24 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 20:33:24 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=150308