The Wave-Maker
Subtitle: Poems
Publisher: W. W. Norton; W. W. Norton & Company
Published: July 28, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780393066593
Subjects: General; Poetry / General; Poetry
Description: In Elizabeth Spires's sixth collection of poetry, the pilgrim soul, in its various guises, meditates on its own slow becoming, finding humble companions in creatures as unlikely as a lowly snail, a prehistoric coelacanth, or a tiny Japanese netsuke of a badger disguised as a monk. For Spires, life is both a pilgrimage and a deepening--birth, death, and transformation all part of a seamless continuum. Possessed of a calm, crystalline sense of eternity, her poems invite fellow travelers to sit for a little while and be cleansed of the dust of existence.