false <![CDATA[Otherwise: New & Selected Poems]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173156832m/252779.jpg 252779 2 This collection stands as something of a tribute to Jane Kenyon, who died in 1995 at the age of 48. <b>Otherwise</b> contains 20 new poems plus selected works from her four previous collections. The situations from which her lively writing arise often came from her daily life in and around the New Hampshire farm where she lived with her husband. The simple settings provides fertile ground for her richness of language. "As late as yesterday ice preoccupied the pond--dark, half-melted, waterlogged. Then it sank in the night, one piece, taking winter with it. And afterward everything seems simple and good." Beautiful, gracious poetry. 244949 1996 Otherwise: New & Selected Poems total:296|5:155|4:93|3:44|2:3|1:1| 296 1286 364 31 5 0 false false Mon Dec 08 17:56:32 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 18:29:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jul 02 02:38:12 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 02:39:01 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Dec 05 07:20:41 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 07:26:26 -0800 2007
Happiness

There's just no accounting for happiness,
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White peonies blooming along the porch
send out light
while the rest of the yard grows dim.

Outrageous flowers as big as human
heads! They're staggered
by their own luxuriance: I had
to prop them up with stakes and twine.

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At the same time, she will never be one of my very favorite poets because overall, her poems are hit or miss. But the title poem is really amazing, as are a c...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 21 10:35:50 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 10:38:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 12 15:08:38 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 15:10:54 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 18:46:11 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 18:47:43 -0700 2009
I walked alone in the chill of dawn

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I wake at four,
waiting greedily for the first
notes of the wood thrush. Easeful air
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Before reading, it helps to know a little about her life, her struggle with cancer, her husband's struggle with cancer, etc.]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 17:38:54 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 04 17:03:28 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Feb 12 17:37:18 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 06 13:40:32 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 06 13:45:42 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Thu Oct 16 16:39:48 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 16:41:41 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Oct 12 20:21:02 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 06:37:56 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 20:21:02 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Feb 21 17:22:01 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 17:24:26 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=252779