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The Selected Reginald Shepherd: Poems (Pitt Poetry Series) - Hardcover

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Shepherd, Reginald

 
9780822948216: The Selected Reginald Shepherd: Poems (Pitt Poetry Series)

Synopsis

An Introduction to the Life, Work, and "Difficulty" of Reginald Shepherd I A New York Times Best Poetry Book of 2024

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About the Author

Reginald Shepherd (1963Ð2008) was the author of five previous books of poetry: Fata Morgana; Otherhood; Wrong; Angel, Interrupted; and Some Are Drowning. His work has been widely anthologized, and has appeared in four editions of The Best American Poetry

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A Muse

?He winds through the party like wind, one of the just who live alone in black and white, bewilderedby the eden of his body. (You, you talk like winter rain.) He's the meaning of almost-morning walking home at five A.M., the difference a night makes turning over into day, simple birds staking claims on no sleep. Whatever they call those particular birds. He's the age of sensibility at seventeen, he isn't worththe time of afternoon it takes to write this down. He's the friend that lightning makes, raking the naked tree, thunder that waits for weeks to arrive; he's the certainty of torrents in September, harvest time and powerlines down for miles. He doesn't even know his name. In his body he's one with air, white as a skyrinsed with rain. It's cold there, it's hard to breathe, and drowning is somewhere to be after a month of drought.

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