false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174121808m/364141.jpg 364141 3 This collection of poems from 1974 to 1977 is written by one of America's most successful and most moving modern poets. By the author of <i>An Atlas of the Difficult World. </i>Reprint. 1121835 1980 The Dream of a Common Language: Poems, 1974-1977 total:474|5:254|4:153|3:59|2:6|1:2| 474 2073 589 36 5 0 false false Wed Jan 28 21:34:24 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 21:39:13 -0800 2009
I.

Night-life. Letters, journals, bourbon
sloshed in the glass. Poems crucified on the wall,
dissected, their bird-wings severed
like trophies. No one lives in this room
without living through some kind of crisis.

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i have been reading and re-reading this collection for almost a week now. i cannot decide if my life feels like a love story because of this poetry or if i am strongly drawn to this poetry because my life already was a love story...

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I have to cast my lot with those
who age after age, perversely,
with no extraordinary power,
reconstitute the world."]]> 5 0 false false Tue Dec 25 11:23:40 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 25 12:16:45 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Mon Oct 29 10:12:22 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 22 00:07:53 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Sun Feb 10 12:53:11 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 12:54:15 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Nov 25 13:27:33 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 13:28:53 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Mon Apr 21 20:09:03 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 20:12:19 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jun 28 10:42:39 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 10:44:33 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Tue May 29 05:22:53 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 05:22:53 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=364141