Walking Backwards - Poems 1966-2016 (Paperback)

Collected poems from America's searching and thoughtful philosopher-poet . . . There's something Comforting about rituals renewed, even adolescents' pipe dreams: They'll find out soon enough, and meanwhile find their places In the eternal scenery, less auguries or cautionary tales Than parts of an unchanging whole, as ripe for contemplation As a planisphere or the clouds: the vexed destinies, the shared life, The sempiternal spectacle of someone preaching to the choir While walking backwards in the moment on a warm spring afternoon. John Koethe's poems--always dynamic and in process, never static or complete--luxuriate in the questions that punctuate the most humdrum of routines, rendering a robust portrait of an individual: complicated, quotidian, and resounding with truth. Gathering for the first time his impressive and award-winning body of work, published between 1966 and 2016, Walking Backwards introduces this gifted poet to a new, wider readership.

General

Imprint:	Farrar Straus Giroux
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2020
Authors:	John Koethe
Dimensions:	221 x 141 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	384
ISBN-13:	978-0-374-53870-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-374-53870-0
Barcode:	9780374538705

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