The Wave-Maker: Poems

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American
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Author: Elizabeth Spires ISBN: 9780393070026
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: July 17, 2008
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Elizabeth Spires
ISBN: 9780393070026
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: July 17, 2008
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

A contemplative, witty new collection from a "jewel of a poet" (Los Angeles Times).

In Elizabeth Spires's sixth collection of poetry, the pilgrim soul, in its various guises, meditates on its own slow becoming, finding humble companions in creatures as unlikely as a lowly snail, a prehistoric coelacanth, or a tiny Japanese netsuke of a badger disguised as a monk. For Spires, life is both a pilgrimage and a deepening—birth, death, and transformation all part of a seamless continuum. Possessed of a calm, crystalline sense of eternity, her poems invite fellow travelers to sit for a little while and be cleansed of the dust of existence.

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A contemplative, witty new collection from a "jewel of a poet" (Los Angeles Times).

In Elizabeth Spires's sixth collection of poetry, the pilgrim soul, in its various guises, meditates on its own slow becoming, finding humble companions in creatures as unlikely as a lowly snail, a prehistoric coelacanth, or a tiny Japanese netsuke of a badger disguised as a monk. For Spires, life is both a pilgrimage and a deepening—birth, death, and transformation all part of a seamless continuum. Possessed of a calm, crystalline sense of eternity, her poems invite fellow travelers to sit for a little while and be cleansed of the dust of existence.

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