
What the Earth Seemed to Say
by Marie Howe
Title:
What the Earth Seemed to Say
Author:
Marie Howe
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
176 pages
Publisher:
Bloodaxe Books
ISBN-13:
9781780377247
EAN:
9781780377247
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
412
Dimensions (mm):
156 x 230 x 17
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
What the Earth Seemed to Say is a powerful collection of more than three decades of profound, luminous poetry from one of America's most daring and courageous poets.With its 'radical simplicity and seriousness of purpose, along with a fearless interest in autobiography and its tragedies and redemptions' (Matthew Zapruder, New York Times Magazine), Marie Howe's poetry transforms penetrating observations of everyday life into sacred, humane miracles. This essential volume draws from each of her four previous collections - including Magdalene (2017), a spiritual and sensual exploration of contemporary womanhood, and What the Living Do (1997), a haunting archive of personal loss - and contains more than fifteen new poems. Whether speaking in the voice of the goddess Persephone or thinking about ageing while walking the dog, Howe is 'a light-bearer, an extraordinary poet of our human sorrow and ordinary joy' (Dorianne Laux).










