| Still to Mow: Poems Contributor(s): Kumin, Maxine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393333140 ISBN-13: 9780393333145 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: "The power that Kumin draws from and brings to literature is potent and seemingly inexhaustible."--"Booklist" Here Maxine Kumin's signature nature poems are shaken up and invigorated by the darker, human realities. She focuses our attention on the pleasures of horse-keeping with poems such as "The Zen of Mucking Out," then exhorts us to "Please Pay Attention," decrying Dick Cheney's "canned hunting / where you don't stay to pluck / the feathers." With equanimity, Kumin faces the disappointments and joys of sixty years of marriage--ending with the unspoken question of "Which of us will go down first...." |
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| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8" (0.26 lbs) 96 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Here Maxine Kumin's signature nature poems are shaken up and invigorated by the darker, human realities. Both delicate and powerful (Library Journal), she faces with equanimity the disappointments and joys of sixty years of marriage--ending with the unspoken question of Which of us will go down first. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kumin, Maxine: - Maxine Kumin (1925--2014), a former U.S. poet laureate, was the author of nineteen poetry collections as well as numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. Her awards included the Pulitzer Prize, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Aiken Taylor Award, the Poet's Prize, and the Harvard Arts and Robert Frost medals. |