W.S. Merwin was arguably the most influential American poet of the
last half-century - an artist who has transfigured and
reinvigorated the vision of poetry for our time. An essential voice
in modern American literature, he was United States Poet Laureate
in 2010-11. The Moon Before Morning is a love letter composed in a
stunning rush of memory. Answering the call set forth in The Shadow
of Sirius (2009), which won him his second Pulitzer Prize, Merwin
extends the emotional and intellectual reach of that collection
with passionate reverence for the natural world, bittersweet
reflection on time's irrevocable ravages, and equanimity informed
by a lifetime of writing and practised contemplation. Merwin's
studied precision in form and language filters crisp, beautiful
images through ethereal memory, forging an intense bond between the
writer and a quickly transforming world. 'When we forget,' Merwin
writes, others will remember: no action or spirit on Earth is
without its infinite reverberations. Poetry Book Society
Recommendation.
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