num_pages: 96
description: "Blue Hour is an elusive book, because it is ever in pursuit of what the German poet Novalis called 'the [lost] presence beyond appearance.' The longest poem, 'On Earth,' is a transcription of mind passing from life into death, in the form of an abecedary, modeled on ancient gnostic hymns. Other poems in the book, especially 'Nocturne' and 'Blue Hour,' are lyric recoveries of the act of remembering, though the objects of memory seem to us vivid and irretrievable, the rage to summon and cling at once fierce and distracted.
language: English
title: Blue Hour
titlecomplete: Blue Hour
genres: Female Authors, Grad School, War, Poetry, The United States Of America
ratings_count: 556
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Poetry
publisher: Harper Perennial