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Wave-Maker
Overview
In Elizabeth Spires's sixth collection of poetry, the pilgrim soul, in its various guises, meditates on its own slow becoming, finding humble companions in creatures as unlikely as a lowly snail, a prehistoric coelacanth, or a tiny Japanese netsuke of a badger disguised as a monk. For Spires, life is both a pilgrimage and a deepening--birth, death, and transformation all part of a seamless continuum. Possessed of a calm, crystalline sense of eternity, her poems invite fellow travelers to sit for a little while and be cleansed of the dust of existence.
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- ISBN-13: 9780393337334
- ISBN-10: 0393337332
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: January 2010
- Dimensions: 8.18 x 5.5 x 0.23 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.24 pounds
- Page Count: 80
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