An Explanation of America
Synopsis
From An Explanation of America:LAIR Robert Pinsky ? Inexhaustible, delicate, as ifWithout source or medium, daylightUndoes the mind; the infinite, Empty actual is too bright,Scattering to where the roadWhispers, through a mile of woods … Later, how quiet the house is:Dusk-like and refined,The sweet Phoebe-note Piercing from the trees;The calm globe of the morning,Things to read or to write Ranged on a table; the brainA dark, stubborn current that breathesBlood, a deaf wadding, The hands feeding it paperAnd sensations of wood or metalOn its own terms. Trying to read I persist a while, finish the recognitionBy my breath of a dead giant's breath--Stayed by the space of a rhythm, Witnessing the blue gulf of the air.Book details
- Series:
- Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets (Book 156)
- Author:
- Robert Pinsky
- ISBN:
- 9780691215129
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780691013602, 9780691064079
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2020-07-07
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 1979
- Copyright by:
- Princeton University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Poetry