Late in the day : poems 2010-2014

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Paper Book, 2015

Status

Checked out

Genres

Fiction

Publication

Oakland, CA : PM Press, 2015.

Description

Late in the Day, Ursula K. Le Guin's new collection of poems seeks meaning in an ever-connected world. In part evocative of Neruda's Odes to Common Things (originally 1961; Little, Brown, 1994) and Mary Oliver's poetic guides to the natural world, Le Guin gives voice to objects that may not speak a human language but communicate with us nevertheless through and about the seasonal rhythms of the earth, the minute and the vast, the ordinary and the mythological. Also includes two short essays, 'Deep in Admiration' & 'Some Thoughts on Form, Free Form, Free Verse.'

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LibraryThing member eloavox

Elegant, pragmatic and playful at the same time, with the gravitas expected of its vaunted author.

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LibraryThing member kropferama

Late in the day shows Ursula Le Guin mastery as a poet. She can create multiple forms of poetry -- four line, verse, free-verse--and all with some nugget of insightful description. Her Hymn to Time opens up understandings that you might not find from the best scientists. Her forward adds a helpful

frame to her poetry as a contrast to the "orgy of being lords of our creation" and the world of technology. Poetry is a language we need, she says, to complement the language of science.

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