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This little book stabbed me in the heart more than once. Each poem contained at least one line that resonated and made me feel.
When I started this book I didn't realize that the author had passed away. However, this book, from the start quickly made me realize here was a person who knew they were coming to the end of their days. The hope, sadness, wisdom, love, fear, hope and acceptance played through these poems in a rhythmic manner of one finding their peace.
I loved these poems, for all the p ...more
When I started this book I didn't realize that the author had passed away. However, this book, from the start quickly made me realize here was a person who knew they were coming to the end of their days. The hope, sadness, wisdom, love, fear, hope and acceptance played through these poems in a rhythmic manner of one finding their peace.
I loved these poems, for all the p ...more
This volume was Hoagland's last collection before his death at 63 from pancreatic cancer. Although not all the poems were, I thought, equally strong, there was something special that stood out in each one and many of them were consistently excellent.
I found the poems that touched on his own illness and approaching death of particular interest. They felt immediate. They had the same wealth of specificity of detail as his poems do in general which open out into an intense emotional landscape. His ...more
I found the poems that touched on his own illness and approaching death of particular interest. They felt immediate. They had the same wealth of specificity of detail as his poems do in general which open out into an intense emotional landscape. His ...more
