About this title: One of the most acclaimed poets of his generation presents his first volume of selected works in 15 years and the first to include poems from his seminal bestseller, "Without." Includes a specially recorded CD of Hall reading his favorite poems from the book.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 2006-04-03
ISBN-13:9780618537211ISBN:061853721X
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 2006-04-03
ISBN-13:9780618537211ISBN:061853721X
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 2006-04-03
ISBN-13:9780618537211ISBN:061853721X
Description: Good. Minimal damage to the cover, dust jacket not necessarily included minimal wear to binding, majority of pages undamaged, minimal to no highlighting/underlining of text, no missing p. read more
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to the cover, dust jacket not necessarily included minimal wear to binding, majority of pages undamaged, minimal to no highlighting/underlining of text, no missing p. read more
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Description: Acceptable. Some damage to the cover but integrity still intact, binding slightly damaged but integrity still intact, possible writing in margins, possible underlining and highlighting of text. read more
Description: Good. 061853721X Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
"First decently warm night of spring, and I found myself on the back porch for a couple of hours, reading these poems, so many of which I'd read many years ago. I prefer, now, his earlier poems to the later ones, and I was thinking that, in my earlier years, I seemed to like him better. I wasn't feeling very moved, and then:
AFFIRMATION
To grow old is to lose everything. Againg, everybody knows it. Even when we are young, we glimpse it sometimes, and nod our heads when a grandfather dies. Then we row for years on the midsummer pond, ignorant and content. But a marriage, that began without harm, scatters into debris on the shore, and a friend from school drops cold on a rocky strand. If a new love carries us past middle age, our wife will die at her strongest and most beautiful. New women come and go. All go. The pretty lover who announces that she is temporary is temporary. The bold woman, middle-aged against our old age, sinks under an anxiety she cannot withstand. Another friend of decades estranges himself in words that pollute thirty years. Let us stifle under mud at the pond's edge and affirm that it is fitting and delicious to lose everything."
"Donald Hall is frequently called a poet in the tradition of Frost, and that's probably one of the reasons I appreciate his work so much. His writing is straightforward yet moving, and his voice is sincere and very American. I'm not a huge poetry reader, but I love this book."
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