The shadow of Sirius
By: W.S. Merwin.
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Port Townsend, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9781556592843
Description: This volume presents a collection of poems reflecting the author's life. Mysteries of light, darkness, temporality, and eternity weave throughout his poetry. His memories are focused and profound, of Pennsylvania miners and neighborhood streetcars, a conversation with a boyhood teacher or parent, the distinct qualities of autumnal light and gentle rain, well-cultivated loves, and "our long evenings and astonishment." From the universe's contradictions, the author once again calls upon the unexpected to illuminate existence.
Notes: Poems.