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Cornucopia: New and Selected Poems
In poems humorous and daring, forthright and wise, Molly Peacock returns in this collection to the landscape of North American poetry she has helped create—the investigation of love in all its manifestations. In the new poems, she takes us to the Land of the Shí, a world reached not by going but by staying.
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
March 17th 2004
by W. W. Norton & Company
(first published 2002)
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I was fortunate to see Molly Peacock read at Vanderbilt University from this book in October 2010. She’s tremendously expressive. One of the audience members asked about the performance aspect of her poetry and she said that somebody (a voice coach? I think?) had asked why she only uses the middle register of her voice when she reads, and it was like a light went on and now she uses all registers. She read “Aubade” (one of my favourites) and talked about how “A Favor of Love” was a true story (r...more
Beautifully conversational yet profound reflections on spirituality, family issues (esp. parents - alcoholism/abuse), and romantic love. Peacock is a new fave of mine, and initially drew me with her poem "Why I Am Not a Buddhist" - poignant expression on the issue of suffering and desire -- really, aren't they the same issue (This poem makes me ask the question). I'm also now reading her bio. "Paradise: Piece by Piece." Maybe more on that another time. But really, check out Molly Peacock. You wi...more
Cornucopia, is a collection of poems that demonstrate a great precision, and a conscious awareness of being without being overly conscious. Peacock’s precision isn’t necessarily the precision of a simple observational detail, but the precision of the interrelations of objects to each other.
"Repair" is a powerful poem in observing the relation we have with the broken objects of meaning. The breaking the “toy box”, and “the clock” at first blush, seem the betray our clumsy attempts for knowledge a...more
"Repair" is a powerful poem in observing the relation we have with the broken objects of meaning. The breaking the “toy box”, and “the clock” at first blush, seem the betray our clumsy attempts for knowledge a...more
Sep 20, 2007
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Molly Peacock has published several books of poetry, including Cornucopia: New and Selected Poems, and a memoir, Paradise, Piece by Piece. She has been the president of the Poetry Society of America and poet-in-residence at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. Her poems appear in leading publications and anthologies, including The Best American Poetry and The Oxford Book of American Poetry...more
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