Middle Earth Poems

Name: Middle Earth Poems
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ISBN: 9780374529284

ISBN-10: 0374529280

ISBN-13: 9780374529284

Edition: N/A

Authors: Henri Cole

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Time was plunging forward, like dolphins scissoring open water or like me, following Jenny's flippers down to see the coral reef, where the color of sand, sea and sky merged, and it was as if that was all God wanted: not a wife, a house or a position, but a self, like a needle, pushing in a vein. -from "Olympia" In his fifth collection of verse, Henri Cole's melodious lines are written in an open style that is both erotic and visionary. Few poets so thrillingly portray the physical world, or man's creaturely self, or the cycling strain of desire and self-reproach. Few poets so movingly evoke the human quest of "a man alone," trying --to say something true that has body, because it is proof…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 4/14/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 80
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.242

Henri Colewas born in Fukuoka, Japan, and was raised in Virginia. The recipient of many awards, he is the author, most recently, ofPierce the Skin(FSG, 2010);Blackbird and Wolf(FSG, 2007);Middle Earth(FSG, 2003), a Pulitzer Prize finalist; andThe Visible Man(FSG, 1998).



Self-portrait in a Gold Kimond


Icarus Breathing


The Hare


Powdered Milk


Kayaks


Presepio


Casablanca Lily


Middle Earth


Veil


Swans


Radiant Ivory


Ape House, Berlin Zoo


Black Camellia


Landscape with Deer and Figure


Green Shade


Kyushu Hydrangea


Crows in Evening Glow


Necessary and Impossible


Cleaning the Elephant


Morning Glory


Myself with Cats


Pillowcase with Praying Mantis


Melon and Insects


Insomnia


Original Face


Mask


My Tea Ceremony


Self-portrait as the Red Princess


Fish and Watergrass


At the Grave of Elizabeth Bishop


Olympia


Medusa


Snow Moon Flower


Blur


Acknowledgments