Chicken, Shadow, Moon & More

by Mark Strand

"Startling visions, unexpected truths, an aura of wistfulness, and trills of playful humor waft from every page . . ." -- Booklist Mark Strand, Former Poet Laureate, Pulitzer and MacArthur recipient "startles with his image evoking language" ( Rain Taxi ) in these vivid kaleidoscopic one line meditations.

Genres: Poetry

91 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2000

About the author

Mark Strand was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, essayist, and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990. He was a professor of English at Columbia University and also taught at numerous other colleges and universities.

Strand also wrote children's books and art criticism, helped edit several poetry anthologies and translated Spanish poet Rafael Alberti.

He is survived by a son, a daughter and a sister.

Reviews

[JJ!]

Actually truly LOVED this collection, inventive and never trite, imaginative and ticklish and humorous and silly at some points and absolutely tender and beautiful and heartbreaking at others.


This is a collection that doesn’t take itself that seriously, has room to stretch it wings, displays absolute mastery of language, and still manages to be taken seriously, this poetry collection really is an exemplar of what poetry should be.

[Brian Beatty]

This conceit was one of those ideas that didn't always translate to execution. And Strand wasn't as funny as somebody told him he was.

[Michael Broomfield]

lighter

[Carlos Catena Cózar]

Qué lindísimo

[Katie]

A short series of poems where the title repeats in each line, building associations,
ie: "Throat"
"The throat is the history of what has been said
The throat shows only one movie: "The Tongue"
The throats of angels are lined with gold"

It's witty, charming, and playful.It's also a very pretty book, with atlas-like illustrations, which fits well in your hands.

[Tracy O]

This is the most ridiculous poetry ever & I mean that in the best way. Very, very original and good for the child in you. HOW could it be that Mark Strand wrote this? I find his stuff quite buttoned-up and this is anything but.