false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255713555m/6275995.jpg 6275995 4 <p>A stunning collection of poems that John Updike wrote during the last seven years of his life and put together only weeks before he died for this, his final book.<br><br>The opening sequence, “Endpoint,”<i> </i>is made up of a series of connected poems written on the occasions of his recent birthdays and culminates in his confrontation with his final illness. He looks back on the boy that he was, on the family, the small town, the people, and the circumstances that fed his love of writing, and he finds endless delight and solace in “turning the oddities of life into words.”<br><br>“Other Poems” range from the fanciful (what would it be like to be a stolen Rembrandt painting? he muses) to the celebratory, capturing the flux of life. A section of sonnets follows, some inspired by travels to distant lands, others celebrating the idiosyncrasies of nature in his own backyard.<br><br>For John Updike, the writing of poetry was always a special joy, and this final collection is an eloquent and moving testament to the life of this extraordinary writer.</p> 6459475 31 3 2009 Endpoint and Other Poems total:30|5:8|4:8|3:12|2:2|1:0| 30 112 66 10 3 0 false false Thu Oct 29 14:11:01 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 14:17:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 21 11:48:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 12:14:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 20 11:40:15 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 11:41:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 12:18:24 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 12:20:36 -0700 2009
I also like the poems about things that don't exactly seems poetical: a vacation home, Tucson's crime rate, a colonoscopy. Some of the poems seem like throwaways, but the good ones remind us that ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 13:10:57 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 20:57:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 12:49:50 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 12:50:59 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 16:21:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 06:18:17 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jul 19 09:32:51 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 09:32:51 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 12:52:04 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 12:54:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 02 10:12:39 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 19:08:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 21:52:09 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 21:52:09 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 22:42:40 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 22:42:40 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 08:07:06 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 08:07:06 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Oct 27 15:14:15 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 15:14:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 10:14:44 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 10:14:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 19 11:10:20 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 11:10:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 02 17:14:46 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 17:14:46 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Aug 20 16:04:06 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 16:04:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 17 18:51:12 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 18:51:12 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Aug 17 13:32:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 13:32:48 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6275995