| Axe Handles: Poems Contributor(s): Snyder, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 1593760574 ISBN-13: 9781593760571 Publisher: Counterpoint LLC OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 Annotation: This is a collection of discovery, of insight, and of vision. These poems see the roots of community in the family, and the roots of culture and government in the community. "In making the handle of an axe by cutting wood with an axe the model is indeed near at hand." In exploring this axiom of Lu Ji's, Gary Snyder continues: I am an axe And my son a handle, soon To be shaping again, model And tool, craft of culture, How we go on. Formally, the 71 poems in Axe Handles range from lyrics to riddles to narratives. The collection is divided into three parts, called "Loops," "Little Songs for Gaia," and "Nets," each containing poems of disciplined clarity. Gary Snyder knows well the great power of silence in a poem, silence that allows the mind space enough to discover the magic of song. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Nature - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 83061398 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.35 lbs) 126 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Axe Handles Mr. Snyder reveals the roots of community in the family and explores the transmission of cultural values and knowledge. In making the handle of an axe by cutting wood with an axe the model is indeed near at hand. In exploring this axiom of Lu Ji's, Gary Snyder continues: I am an axe And my son a handle, soon To be shaping again, model And tool, craft of culture, How we go on. This is a collection of discovery, of insight, and of vision. These poems see the roots of community in the family, and the roots of culture and government in the community. Formally, the 71 poems in Axe Handles range from lyrics to riddles to narratives. The collection is divided into three parts, called Loops, Little Songs for Gaia, and Nets, each containing poems of disciplined clarity. Gary Snyder knows well the great power of silence in a poem, silence that allows the mind space enough to discover the magic of song. |