We shall not wait for tomorrow. The future is always beginning now. The babies are growing into their suits. Let us run to the heart of town. Let us save the babies. Let us try and save the babies. Aug 31, Cassandra rated it liked it Shelves: poetry. Strand is a well-known poet whom I did not know, and I am glad to have met his work. This is an early collection, and the pieces are more given to the surreal than his later work, but the surreal described in very precise, everyday language.
These are not lyrical poems, not 'beautiful' poems, but they are evocative and effective in reminding the reader how very strange ordinary reality can be if one allows it. Oct 21, Aidan McGuire rated it really liked it Shelves: poetry.
Good stuff. It entranced me enough to read it all in one sitting. Some poems stood out among the others. And some poems ending without turn or meaning, despite being started well. Will look for more by Mark Strand.
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Be the first to start one ». Readers also enjoyed. About Mark Strand. Mark Strand. Mark Strand was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, essayist, and translator. He was a professor of English at Columbia University and also taught at numerous other colleges and universities. Strand also wrote children's books and art criticism, helped edit several poetry anthologies and translated Spanish p Mark Strand was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, essayist, and translator.
Strand also wrote children's books and art criticism, helped edit several poetry anthologies and translated Spanish poet Rafael Alberti. He is survived by a son, a daughter and a sister. Books by Mark Strand. Related Articles. Read more Trivia About Reasons for Moving. No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now ». This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing.
I will share one more from this collection tomorrow, I think; I find I cannot resist, nor is there any reason to. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account.
You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. The Man in Black I was walking downtown when I noticed a man in black, black cape and black boots, coming toward me. I am glad to be able to remember it in his voice: Keeping Things Whole In a field I am the absence of field. We all have reasons for moving. I move to keep things whole.
My mouthful of grass. My curious tale. I want to stand still but find myself moved patch by patch. There's a bleat in my throat. Words fail me here. Can you understand? Think how many long years this tree waited as a seed for an animal or bird or wind or rain to maybe carry it to maybe the right spot where again it waited months for seasons to change until time and temperature were fine enough to Source: Selected Poems Alfred A.
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