Walking Backwards Paperback
by KOETHE JOHN KOETHE
Paperback
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Collected poems from America's searching and thoughtful philosopher-poet
. . . There's something
Comforting about rituals renewed, even adolescents' pipe dreams:
They'll find out soon enough, and meanwhile find their places
In the eternal scenery, less auguries or cautionary tales
Than parts of an unchanging whole, as ripe for contemplation
As a planisphere or the clouds: the vexed destinies, the shared life,
The sempiternal spectacle of someone preaching to the choir
While walking backwards in the moment on a warm spring afternoon.
John Koethe's poems-always dynamic and in process, never static or complete-luxuriate in the questions that punctuate the most humdrum of routines, rendering a robust portrait of an individual: complicated, quotidian, and resounding with truth. Gathering for the first time his impressive and award-winning body of work, published between 1966 and 2016, Walking Backwards introduces this gifted poet to a new, wider readership.
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- Format:Paperback
- Pages:386 pages
- Publisher:St. Martins Press-3PL
- Publication Date:07/01/2020
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- ISBN:9780374538705
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback
- Pages:386 pages
- Publisher:St. Martins Press-3PL
- Publication Date:07/01/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780374538705