This third and concluding volume in the grand "life trilogy" of Everson's complete poems -- following The Residual Years: Poems 1934-1948 and The Veritable Years: Poems 1949-1966, both reissued last year by Black Sparrow -- brings into focus for the first time the full sweep of one of the great accomplishments of American poetry. A poet of moral conscience, natural landscape and spiritual meditation, Everson produced work of astonishing intellectual energy, kinetic power and symbolic resonance in these writings of his later ...
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This third and concluding volume in the grand "life trilogy" of Everson's complete poems -- following The Residual Years: Poems 1934-1948 and The Veritable Years: Poems 1949-1966, both reissued last year by Black Sparrow -- brings into focus for the first time the full sweep of one of the great accomplishments of American poetry. A poet of moral conscience, natural landscape and spiritual meditation, Everson produced work of astonishing intellectual energy, kinetic power and symbolic resonance in these writings of his later years -- his output from the last days of his life as a lay brother (Brother Antoninus) through his departure from religious orders, marriage, and resumption of a secular name and career. the sea lions are gone. In their place, Beyond the white line of the breakers, Drifts a gaggle of surfers, oblique on their boards, Facing seaward. From the shore One sees but the tilted torsos, Tense shoulders, the alert heads. They look to the far Wrinkling of the sea, surmisin increment: Which influx of the swell, impending, Will coalesce into consequentiality, Engender thrust, and, reaching forward, Stoop towering in, all ultimate Augmentation? This, in their mind's eye, Is the vision of beatitude: The great wave of their wonder.
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Add this copy of The Integral Years: Poems 1966-1994 (Collected Poems) to cart. $10.69, good condition, Sold by Friends of the Phoenix Library rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Black Sparrow Press.
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Very good. A well-cared-for item that has seen limited use but remains in great condition. The item is complete, unmarked, and undamaged, but may show some limited signs of wear. Item works perfectly. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine is undamaged.
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Good, a few markings, light wear, some stains to edge of last few pages, no spine creases. (V0lume III of the Collected Poems) Good tight reading copy of V3 poems. 6 x 9 355 pp, index, notes, b/w photos.
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New in New dust jacket. 1574231103. This is copy no. 31 of 100 numbered deluxe copies. A book in new condition. Acquired directly from the publisher before it's closure.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 355 pages.
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Near Fine. Poetry Book is in excellent condition with faint shelf wear showing to back cover--even with the Black Sparrow Press cover paper: which shows everything if it is not taken directly from the publisher's package and placed in a lint-free vacuum chamber. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. This is volume II of The Crooked Lines of God, containing five "books" (sections): Tendril in the mesh, The secular city, Man-fate, The glyph of god, & Dust shall be the serpent's food, with three appendices, including a selection of uncolledted and unpublished poems. a "self-interview" by W. Everson, and a biographical statement and chronology, index of titles, first lines, principal publication, etc. Short section of b&w full page photos, including his script, and his very small house-shack. Book is O.P.
