William Stanley Merwin

Presents a collection of poems reflecting the author's life.

The Shadow of Sirius

baelgia

Favs: Youth, Nocturne, Unknown Age, Recognitions, Heartland, To Paula in Late Spring, One of the Butterflies, Lights Out

Also: The Pinnacle, The Piano, Secrets, Calling a Distant Animal, At the Bend, The Long and Short of It, The Morning Hills, September's Child

Lance Willett

Short, thoughtful, open-ended, and dream-like. My favorites poems: The Long and the Short of It, Lament for a Stone, No Shadow, and A Momentary Creed.

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.