One for the Rose (Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary Series: Poetry)

by Philip Levine

Paperback, 1999

Call number

811 LEV

Collection

Publication

Carnegie Mellon (1999), Edition: Reprint, 80 pages

Description

A reissuing of One for the Rose, a collection of poetry by Philip Levine.

Library's review

Levine brings a gentle narrative observation to his poems, simple scenes that reveal the power and mystery of the everyday, sometimes in memory, sometimes lamenting, sometimes rejoicing... "...Instead I was born/ in the wrong year and in the wrong place,/ and I made my way so slowly and badly/ that
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I remember every single turn,/ and each one smells like an overblown rose,/ yellow, American, beautiful, and true." (Brian)
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Pages

80

ISBN

0887483070 / 9780887483073
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