Let Evening Come (Bloodaxe World Poets)
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Book Overview
The work of America's Jane Kenyon (1947-95) is one of poetry's rarest and most heart-breaking gifts. After fighting depression for most of her life, Jane Kenyon died from leukemia at the age of 47. Her quietly musical poems are intensely moving, compassionate meditations intently probing the life of the heart and spirit. Observing and absorbing small miracles in everyday life, these apparently simple poems grapple with fundamental questions of human existence. They are psalms of love and death, God and nature, joy and despair. Introduced by Donald Hall and Joyce Peseroff, Let Evening Come also includes an interview with Jane Kenyon, her thoughts on poetry, and her translations of 20 poems by Anna Akhmatova.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1852246979
ISBN13:9781852246976
Release Date:September 1995
Publisher:Bloodaxe Books
Length:176 Pages
Weight:2.31 lbs.
Dimensions:8.5" x 0.4" x 5.5"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
New Hampshire poetry
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
I like to loose myself in a poetry book every once in a while. I don't know why. THis book really hits the spot if you enjoy New England as I do. Some of the poems are very descriptive and they really bring you home. Recommended. DB
Beautiful Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Beautiful poetry from a wonderful person whose life comes through radiantly in her poetry. I can not read her poems without thinking of her connection to her husband Donald Hall - their poems cross back and forth , even after her death. She uses her/their life but stays far from the "confessional" mode. This book, like the title poem, brings me great peace.
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