| The Light Holds: Poems Contributor(s): Shapiro, Harvey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0819560960 ISBN-13: 9780819560964 Publisher: Wesleyan University Press OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1984 Annotation: This is the book of an urban mystic, someone who believes that the streets he walks, the incidents he sees and in which he sometimes plays a part have significance; he understands that the hidden beauty and music of New York City. Madison Avenue, the Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park appear and reappear as though they, the poet, and the work were inseparable. The people he recalls - a bag lady, E.E. Cummings - are as familiar to us as the city itself, but here they are lyrical and light, these poems also hold love, loss, melancholy, and tenderness -they reflect the incessant rhythms between a man and his surroundings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.52 |
| LCCN: 83023339 |
| Series: Wesleyan Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 5.5" W x 8.01" (0.19 lbs) 87 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A celebrated poet writes on the hidden beauty of American cities. This is the book of an urban mystic, someone who believes that the streets he walks, the incidents he sees and in which he sometimes plays a part have significance; he understands that the hidden beauty and music of New York City. Madison Avenue, the Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park appear and reappear as though they, the poet, and the work were inseparable. The people he recalls - a bag lady, E.E. Cummings - are as familiar to us as the city itself, but here they are lyrical and light, these poems also hold love, loss, melancholy, and tenderness -they reflect the incessant rhythms between a man and his surroundings. |