Hailed by Peter Davison in the Boston Sunday Globe as a poet who “engages the underground stream of our lives at depths that only two ...
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Jan 19, 2011
Mark
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I am going to write this although I am only 3/4s of the way finished.
Despite having found 2 poems that I particularly enjoy, and appreciating Merwin's often simple, yet profound, choice of subjects, I am not enjoying this book.
The poems are all written in lower case with no punctuation, and most lines are enjambed. While this cluster of techniques can often be effective they also depend somewhat for their effectiveness on the reader being able to easily parse out where t More...
Despite having found 2 poems that I particularly enjoy, and appreciating Merwin's often simple, yet profound, choice of subjects, I am not enjoying this book.
The poems are all written in lower case with no punctuation, and most lines are enjambed. While this cluster of techniques can often be effective they also depend somewhat for their effectiveness on the reader being able to easily parse out where t More...
Feb 20, 2008
Nicco
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My favorite poem: "The Night Plums"... my favorite line: "when the stones of the barnyard lay buried in sleep..." - it just drops on and off the tongue with a graceful bounce.
Aug 02, 2008
Travis
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oh white lemurs who invented the dance
this is the time afterward
can you hear me
who invented the story
part of the story
this is the time afterward
can you hear me
who invented the story
part of the story
Jan 02, 2009
Mindy
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I love Merwin in general, but I prefer his later stuff. Concise and pure.
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