Walking toward the sun

Walking toward the sun / Edward Weismiller ; foreword by W.S. Merwin.

In 1936, 20-year-old Edward Weismiller became the youngest poet to win the prestigious "Yale Series of Younger Poets" prize. In this collection of poems, his youthful lyricism has given way to plainness of speech - even spareness. These poems are honest and unflinching, always striking in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weismiller, Edward, 1915-2010
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Weismiller, Edward Ronald, > 1915-
2000-2099
American poetry > 21st century.
POETRY > American > General.
American poetry
poetry.
Poetry
Poetry.
Poésie.
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Contents""; ""Foreword by W.S. Merwin""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1""; ""A Scene""; ""Monster Poem""; ""Sunken Forest""; ""The Tree in Front of the Old Peopleâ€?s Home""; ""Tales Out of School""; ""The Boy""; ""Quail""; ""After the Rain""; ""The Trees""; ""Pacific Midnight""; ""The Water Gardens""; ""Bay Island""; ""Carolina Beach""; ""Roulette""; ""2""; ""Short History""; ""An Early Conversation""; ""The Metamorphoses""; ""A Beached Whale""; ""Onegin""; ""Dialogue of the Dead""; ""A Field on Delos""; ""A Girl""; ""Sea Horse""; ""Houses""; ""Letter Found Blown Against a Fence""
  • """"€?So Full of Sleepâ€?â€?""""Armida""; ""Love That Twisted Vine""; ""One-Sided Conversation with Henry""; ""Private Services""; ""A Fairly Common Story""; ""Poem""; ""3""; ""Moving""; ""The Wrong Music""; ""City Limits""; ""How Should I Think Long""; ""Thought; Song; Speech; Silence""; ""Aubade""; ""One-Sided Conversation #â€?â€?""; ""Song Under My Breath""; ""Realizations""; ""The Soliloquies""; ""Sitting Too High in the House""; ""Like Animals, We Grow""; ""The Flowers""; ""This Spring: for Luverne""; ""Because There Is Time""; ""Walking Toward the Sun""

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