An Explanation of America
Robert Pinsky
(Author)
Description
From An Explanation of America:
LAIR
? Inexhaustible, delicate, as if
Without source or medium, daylight
Undoes the mind; the infinite, Empty actual is too bright,
Scattering to where the road
Whispers, through a mile of woods ... Later, how quiet the house is:
Dusk-like and refined,
The sweet Phoebe-note Piercing from the trees;
The calm globe of the morning,
Things to read or to write Ranged on a table; the brain
A dark, stubborn current that breathes
Blood, a deaf wadding, The hands feeding it paper
And sensations of wood or metal
On its own terms. Trying to read I persist a while, finish the recognition
By my breath of a dead giant's breath--
Stayed by the space of a rhythm, Witnessing the blue gulf of the air.
Product Details
Price
$21.95
$20.41
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publish Date
August 21, 1979
Pages
80
Dimensions
5.46 X 8.5 X 0.3 inches | 0.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780691013602
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About the Author
A former Poet Laureate of the United States, Robert Pinsky was born and raised in Long Branch, New Jersey. In addition to his books of poetry and The Inferno of Dante, he has written prose works, including The Life of David and The Sounds of Poetry.
Reviews
Wise and compassionate. . . . It is one of the most readable long poems in recent memory, graspable by all.---Kenneth Funsten, The Los Angeles Times
I can't imagine anyone who, after reading An Explanation of America, wouldn't want to return to it again and again.---William H. Pritchard, Poetry
[An] ambitious and immensely likable long poem . . . a poem which--a rare thing--seems to combine intimacy and authority.-- "The New York Times Book Review"
I can't imagine anyone who, after reading An Explanation of America, wouldn't want to return to it again and again.---William H. Pritchard, Poetry
[An] ambitious and immensely likable long poem . . . a poem which--a rare thing--seems to combine intimacy and authority.-- "The New York Times Book Review"
