Powerful New work by a modern master.
You must listen, listen, listen.
Tired springs breathe under water.
At four in the morningthe l... read full description
You must listen, listen, listen.
Tired springs breathe under water.
At four in the morningthe l... read full description
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Sep 05, 2011
Dani
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Mysticism for Beginners by Adam Zagajewski (translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh) is rich, ponderous, inquisitive, and full of both dark and light splendor. Written in free-verse, and in widely varying lengths, the poems somehow capture the elusive stuff of life that draws us into our own brands of spirituality. Zagajewski plays with artists and their subjects, meditate with the sounds of life, and even seems to dance with the dead.
This book of poetry was such a delightful su More...
This book of poetry was such a delightful su More...
Jul 19, 2010
Dom
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For those of us feeling increasingly rootless, Zagajewski finds a place in the beauty of the shower of the world in flight
Apr 18, 2009
Ching-In
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I took one star away for the Oriental/exotic/blank slate references.
Dec 16, 2009
Garrett
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I'm not really in any position to review poetry, but this guy writes some good poems. He's Polish, so some of it I can't relate with, which means I probably just don't get the deeper meaning of the poem. The stuff I do get is really good, though, for what it's worth.
Jul 11, 2009
Melissa
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"Oh, tell me how to cure myself of irony, the gaze/ that sees but doesn't penetrate..."
He did, he did. These are poems without armor.
Also, Clare Cavanaugh worked magic with the internal rhymes in the translation from Polish.
He did, he did. These are poems without armor.
Also, Clare Cavanaugh worked magic with the internal rhymes in the translation from Polish.
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