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Book SynopsisRobin Morgan’s latest collection is a tour-de force: poetry that thrills the intellect and stirs the emotions. Robin shares her joys and intimacies which take centre stage and laments ‘the ringmaster’s desertion’ as death hovers in the wings and aging unfolds, while "laughing at the pain / through the gridlocked traffic in my brain". Light and shadow, sleep and wakefulness, holding tight and letting go, regret and contentment, order and chaos, battle it out simultaneously through the interplanetary and domestic worlds.
Trade ReviewIntense and at times magnificent. — The New York Times Morgan proves that exquisite poetry can sometimes be the most surprising gift of grief.A volume as proud, fierce, vulnerable, and brave as the poet herself. —Alice Walker An accomplished and original poet, Morgan commands a wealth of technical resources, evident in the formal poems, and spilling over into her free verse. Each of her lines has an integrity of its own, indistinguishable from the material embedded in it. My guess is that Morgan will be regarded as one of our first ranking poets. —Jay Parini, Poetry. Love is impossible.This truth has never been more touchingly exemplified than in Robin Morgan’s poems.They hit square center. —Ned Rorem Beautifully written, passionate, rich in splendid imagination. —Grace Paley
Table of ContentsI. REAPING These Hands Self-Portrait of the Artist as a Bag Lady The Ringmaster’s Desertion The Ceiling Regret Giverny in New York The Taxidermist ‘The Fish’ The Will Pearls II. THRESHING An Idea of Disorder The Wager Terms of Art Elegy for a Husband A Sighting The Frequency Lacemakers Sailing on the Lake of Mars This Worthless Act The Winter Solstice Necropolitans Simple Choices III. WINNOWING The Last Door The Other Side Icicles of Brine Three Variations in A Minor Key 1. Waltz 2. Etude 3. Nocturne The Old Woman Is Talking with Death Certain Evenings Falling Awake
