Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Vibrant new poems from the award-winning nonagenarian poet who Rosanna Warren calls "Undaunted, outrageously alive.""OpenAct V, Scene Ior any of Stanley Moss's books anywhere, and you will come shockingly upon wisdom and beauty, a diversity of styles-a unity of voice, a voice that was there since the beginning. I love Stanley Moss's work. The pace, the strategy, the wit, the knowledge are astonishing. Of the generation that is gradually leaving us, those born in the mid- and late-1920s, he has a prominent place. He loves donkeys. He owns Ted Roethke's raccoon coat. He is an original."-Gerald Stern"Magisterial. . . this book is magnificent. I've read it several times with greater and greater pleasure. Its verbal generosity and bravura, its humanity, the quality and quantity of information which it generates into poetry of the highest order make it a continuing delight."-Marilyn Hacker". . . In our epoch of turmoil, crisis, and grief, I find that Moss's poetry still, always, brings me a little closer to happiness." -Forrest Gander"I've loved Stanley's poems since I first encountered a poem of his inPoetrymagazine in John Berryman's office when I was nineteen." -W.S. Merwin". . . This is a book to hold onto for dear life." -Rosanna WarrenIChoosetoWriteaPoemI choosetowriteapoemwhenmyleftankle'sbroken,purple,andmyrightankle'sswollenblue,both kneesbanged,twice theirusualsize,bothmy long legs "killingme,"while afamousangelisreallykillingme.Iseparatephysicalpainfromthereal thing-therealthing,thesoulusuallydiesbeforethebody.Mysoulisd ancing,welcomingspringin thegardenonabeautifulJunemorning,readytoliveforever. "Vibrant new poems from the award-winning nonagenarian poet who Rosanna Warren calls "Undaunted, outrageously alive." At 95 years old, Stanley Moss, winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Poetry, is writing some of the best poems of his life. Here are new poems written in 2018 through early 2020 and some rediscovered earlier poems never-before published"-- Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781644210307

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Act V Scene I (Paperback)

Stanley Moss

Published by Seven Stories Press,U.S., New York (2020)

ISBN 10: 1644210304 ISBN 13: 9781644210307

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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Vibrant new poems from the award-winning nonagenarian poet who Rosanna Warren calls "Undaunted, outrageously alive.""OpenAct V, Scene Ior any of Stanley Moss's books anywhere, and you will come shockingly upon wisdom and beauty, a diversity of styles-a unity of voice, a voice that was there since the beginning. I love Stanley Moss's work. The pace, the strategy, the wit, the knowledge are astonishing. Of the generation that is gradually leaving us, those born in the mid- and late-1920s, he has a prominent place. He loves donkeys. He owns Ted Roethke's raccoon coat. He is an original."-Gerald Stern"Magisterial. . . this book is magnificent. I've read it several times with greater and greater pleasure. Its verbal generosity and bravura, its humanity, the quality and quantity of information which it generates into poetry of the highest order make it a continuing delight."-Marilyn Hacker". . . In our epoch of turmoil, crisis, and grief, I find that Moss's poetry still, always, brings me a little closer to happiness." -Forrest Gander"I've loved Stanley's poems since I first encountered a poem of his inPoetrymagazine in John Berryman's office when I was nineteen." -W.S. Merwin". . . This is a book to hold onto for dear life." -Rosanna WarrenIChoosetoWriteaPoemI choosetowriteapoemwhenmyleftankle'sbroken,purple,andmyrightankle'sswollenblue,both kneesbanged,twice theirusualsize,bothmy long legs "killingme,"while afamousangelisreallykillingme.Iseparatephysicalpainfromthereal thing-therealthing,thesoulusuallydiesbeforethebody.Mysoulisd ancing,welcomingspringin thegardenonabeautifulJunemorning,readytoliveforever. "Vibrant new poems from the award-winning nonagenarian poet who Rosanna Warren calls "Undaunted, outrageously alive." At 95 years old, Stanley Moss, winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Poetry, is writing some of the best poems of his life. Here are new poems written in 2018 through early 2020 and some rediscovered earlier poems never-before published"-- Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781644210307

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