Invisible Strings: Poems - Softcover

Moore, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155597581X ISBN 13: 9781555975814

Publisher: Graywolf Press, 2011

Synopsis

New poetry by Jim Moore, who "elevates economy of phrase to an art" (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

No, I don't know
the way to get there.
Two empty suitcases sit in the corner,
if that's any kind of clue.
--from "Almost Sixty"

Brief, jagged, haiku-like, Jim Moore's poems in Invisible Strings observe time moving past us moment by moment. In that accrual, line by line, is the anxiety and acceptance of aging, the mounting losses of friends to death or divorce, the accounting of frequent flyer miles and cups of coffee, and the poet's own process of writing. It is a world of both diminishment and triumphs. Moore has assembled his most emotionally direct and lyrically spare collection, one that amounts to his book of days, seasons, and stark realizations.

About this title

About the Author

JIM MOORE is the author of six previous books of poetry, including Lightning at Dinner. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Spoleto, Italy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155597581X
• ISBN 13: 9781555975814
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96