Garbage: A Poem - Softcover

Ammons, A R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393324117 ISBN 13: 9780393324112

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

Synopsis

"A. R. Ammons's poem with the unforgettable title is a defense of meaning-'this,' the poet says, 'are awash in ideality.' Garbage is an epic of ideas: all life-not that of human beings alone, but every species-is shown to be part of an ultimate reality. Eternity is here and now. The argument ranges widely with a wealth of images taken from science, and the world around us, the writing by turns impassioned and witty. For power of the thought and language, the poem takes its place alongside Whitman's Song of Myself-an American classic."-Citation for the 1993 National Book Award for Poetry

About this title

About the Author:

A. R. Ammons's (1926-2001) was a two-time winner of the National Book Award and the recipient of a National Book Critics Circle Award. His many additional honors include the Academy of American Poets' Wallace Stevens Award, the Bollingen Prize, the Poetry Society of America's Robert Frost Medal, the Ruth Lilly Prize, and fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations.

Synopsis:

In a time when most poetry is about loss, Ammons wanders through our community junkyard and, with his good eye, points out what is valuable, and tells us, in his trustworthy tone, why. National Book Award Winner.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0393324117
• ISBN 13: 9780393324112
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128