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9780393241006 English 0393241009 A poet of piercing revelations and arresting imagery, Kumin is unforgettable, indispensable (New York Times Book Review). In And Short the Season she muses on mortality: her own and that of the earth. Always deeply personal, always political, these poems blend myth and modernity, fecundity and death, and the violence and tenderness of humankind. From Whereof the Gift Is Small And short the season, first rubythroat in the fading lilacs, alyssum in bloom, a honeybee bumbling in the bleeding heart on my gelding s grave while beetles swarm him underground. Wet feet, wet cuffs, little flecks of buttercup on my sneaker toes, bluets, violets crowding out the tufts of rich new grass the horses nose and nibble like sleepwalkers held fast brittle beauty might this be the last?, A poet of piercing revelations and arresting imagery,Maxine Kumin is "unforgettable, indispensable" (AliciaOstriker, New York Times Book Review). In And Short the Seasonshe muses on mortality: her own and that of the earth.Always deeply personal, always political, these poems blendmyth and modernity, fecundity and death, and the violenceand tenderness of humankind. From "Whereof the Gift Is Small" And short the season, first rubythroat in the fading lilacs, alyssum in bloom, a honeybee bumbling in the bleeding heart on my gelding's grave while beetles swarm him underground. Wet feet, wet cuffs, little flecks of buttercup on my sneaker toes, bluets, violets crowding out the tufts of rich new grass the horses nose and nibble like sleepwalkers held fast- brittle beauty-might this be the last?, From "Whereof the Gift Is Small"And short the season, first rubythroat in the fading lilacs, alyssum in bloom a honeybee bumbling in the bleeding hear on my gelding s grave while beetles swar him underground. Wet feet, wet cuffs little flecks of buttercup on my sneaker toes bluets, violets crowding out the tuft of rich new grass the horses nos and nibble like sleepwalkers held fast brittle beauty might this be the last?"
9780393241006 English 0393241009 A poet of piercing revelations and arresting imagery, Kumin is unforgettable, indispensable (New York Times Book Review). In And Short the Season she muses on mortality: her own and that of the earth. Always deeply personal, always political, these poems blend myth and modernity, fecundity and death, and the violence and tenderness of humankind. From Whereof the Gift Is Small And short the season, first rubythroat in the fading lilacs, alyssum in bloom, a honeybee bumbling in the bleeding heart on my gelding s grave while beetles swarm him underground. Wet feet, wet cuffs, little flecks of buttercup on my sneaker toes, bluets, violets crowding out the tufts of rich new grass the horses nose and nibble like sleepwalkers held fast brittle beauty might this be the last?, A poet of piercing revelations and arresting imagery,Maxine Kumin is "unforgettable, indispensable" (AliciaOstriker, New York Times Book Review). In And Short the Seasonshe muses on mortality: her own and that of the earth.Always deeply personal, always political, these poems blendmyth and modernity, fecundity and death, and the violenceand tenderness of humankind. From "Whereof the Gift Is Small" And short the season, first rubythroat in the fading lilacs, alyssum in bloom, a honeybee bumbling in the bleeding heart on my gelding's grave while beetles swarm him underground. Wet feet, wet cuffs, little flecks of buttercup on my sneaker toes, bluets, violets crowding out the tufts of rich new grass the horses nose and nibble like sleepwalkers held fast- brittle beauty-might this be the last?, From "Whereof the Gift Is Small"And short the season, first rubythroat in the fading lilacs, alyssum in bloom a honeybee bumbling in the bleeding hear on my gelding s grave while beetles swar him underground. Wet feet, wet cuffs little flecks of buttercup on my sneaker toes bluets, violets crowding out the tuft of rich new grass the horses nos and nibble like sleepwalkers held fast brittle beauty might this be the last?"