false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179873168m/966956.jpg 966956 2 From the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, a brilliant and witty collection of writings on the art and nature of poetry -- a master class both entertaining and provocative.<br><br>The pieces have a broad range and many levels. In one, we sit with the teenage Mark Strand while he reads for the first time a poem that truly amazes him: "You, Andrew Marvell" by Archibald MacLeish, in which night sweeps in an unstoppable but exhilarating circle around the earth toward the speaker standing at noon. The essay goes on to explicate the poem, but it also evokes, through its form and content, the poem's meaning -- time's circular passage -- with the young Strand first happening upon the poem, the older Strand seeing into it differently, but still amazed. <br><br>Among the other subjects Strand explores: the relationship between photographs and poems, the eternal nature of the lyric, the contemporary use of old forms, four American views of Parnassus, and an alphabet of poetic influences.<br><br>We visit as well Strandian parallel universes, whose absurdity illuminates the lack of a vital discussion of poetry in our culture at large: Borges drops in on a man taking a bath, perches on the edge of the tub, and discusses translation; a president explains in his farewell address why he reads Chekhov to his cabinet.<br><br>Throughout <b>The Weather of Words</b>, Mark Strand explores the crucial job of poets and their readers, who together joyfully attempt the impossible -- to understand through language that which lies beyond words.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> 2894694 2000 The Weather of Words: Poetic Inventions total:30|5:0|4:1|3:0|2:0|1:0| 30 119 42 1 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 08:43:14 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 10:07:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 07 08:19:54 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 08:19:54 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Sep 29 08:22:32 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 08:23:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 30 22:06:07 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 22:06:07 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Aug 26 12:39:53 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 12:39:53 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 08:46:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 18:37:01 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 08:46:00 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jul 10 06:01:28 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 06:01:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 02 13:27:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 13:27:18 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu May 28 09:10:45 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 09:10:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 26 18:48:38 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 18:48:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Mar 19 16:00:32 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 16:00:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 17 12:35:23 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 12:35:23 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Mar 02 12:29:20 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 12:29:20 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 29 19:50:06 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 08:53:04 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 19:50:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Dec 24 08:43:55 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 08:43:55 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Dec 17 00:13:45 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 00:13:45 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Nov 22 20:47:04 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 20:47:06 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Nov 20 21:16:58 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 21:16:58 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 12 20:17:10 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 20:17:10 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Aug 19 05:21:27 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 05:21:27 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=966956