Now the Green Blade Rises: Poems

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American
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Author: Elizabeth Spires ISBN: 9780393285642
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: April 17, 2004
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Elizabeth Spires
ISBN: 9780393285642
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: April 17, 2004
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

"Spires is a jewel of a poet, never self-conscious or self-indulgent."—Los Angeles Times

Opening with a powerful sequence of poems about her mother's death, Elizabeth Spires writes about the life-and-death matters of midlife: the separation of parent from child, the loss of family and friends, the evolving nature of our closest friendships. These poems find hope in the seasonal and spiritual moment when "the green blade rises."

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"Spires is a jewel of a poet, never self-conscious or self-indulgent."—Los Angeles Times

Opening with a powerful sequence of poems about her mother's death, Elizabeth Spires writes about the life-and-death matters of midlife: the separation of parent from child, the loss of family and friends, the evolving nature of our closest friendships. These poems find hope in the seasonal and spiritual moment when "the green blade rises."

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