Bibliograph

Middle distance, poems, Stanley Plumly

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Middle distance, poems, Stanley Plumly

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Middle distance

Oclc number

1120089110

Responsibility statement

Stanley Plumly

Sub title

poems

Summary

"A probing and commanding final volume from a master poet facing his own mortality. After a diagnosis of cancer, acclaimed poet Stanley Plumly found himself in the middle distance-looking back at his childhood in Ohio and a rich lifetime of family and friends, while gazing into a future shaped by the press of mortality. In Middle Distance, his final collection, he pushed onward into new territory in extended hybrid forms and revelatory prose pieces. Blending documentary and memoir with his signature Keatsian lyricism, he contemplated at every turn the horizons of his life. From "White Rhino" How long a life is too long, as I take my time from here to there, the one world dried- out distances, nose, horn, my great head lifted down, the tonnage of my heart almost more than I can carry . . "--, Provided by publisher

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