The Lice : : Poems

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Call Number: 811.54 Me, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Literary Arts / Plays & Poetry / Merwin, W. S
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	811.54 Me	4-week checkout	On Shelf
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Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Literary Arts / Plays & Poetry / Merwin, W. S	4-week checkout	Due 05-03-2024

"This Fiftieth Anniversary edition celebrates one of the most ground-breaking books in American poetry. When first published in 1967, W.S. Merwin's The Lice was ground-breaking. Its visionary urgency directly engaged the nexus of aesthetics and morality, exerting an immediate and lasting effect on the writing and reading of poetry. Like all great art, this monumental work continues to inspire. As Merwin discussed in an interview, "The Lice was written at a time when I really felt there was no point in writing. I got to the point where I thought the future was so bleak that there was no point in writing anything at all. And so the poems kind of pushed their way upon me. I would be out growing vegetables and walking around the countryside when all of a sudden I'd find myself writing a poem, and I'd write it." When the War is Over When the war is over We will be proud of course the air will be Good for breathing at last The water will have been improved the salmon And the silence of heaven will migrate more perfectly The dead will think the living are worth it we will know Who we are And we will all enlist again W.S. Merwin is one of America's greatest poets. His recent books of poems have been honored with a Pulitzer prize, a National Book Award, and the Bobbitt Prize from the Library of Congress. He lives in Hawaii"-- Provided by publisher.

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I bought a copy of this book years ago submitted by ccrose on August 28, 2019, 8:29pm Merlin is known for his spiritual insistence for an appreciation of our earth and is credited in strengthening the anti-war movement against the U.S, involvement in Vietnam.. His writing about nature and our callous treatment of the earth are still read.