The Language of Spring collects some thirty of the most evocative English-language poems on the experience of spring. The poems range from the traditional and formal to the contemporary, experimental, and diverse . Each poem beautifully illuminates another small spot of time in the enthralling season of renewal.
Other contributors include: Maxine Kumin , Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver, Richard Wright, John Updike, Walt Whitman, Yusef Komunyakaa, e. e. cummings, D. H. Lawrence, Claude McKay, Jane Kenyon, Sara Teasdale, Philip Larkin, Anne Sexton, James Tate, and A. R. Ammons.
Language
English
Pages
96
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Beacon Press
Release
April 15, 2003
ISBN
0807068608
ISBN 13
9780807068601
The Language of Spring: Poems for the Season of Renewal
The Language of Spring collects some thirty of the most evocative English-language poems on the experience of spring. The poems range from the traditional and formal to the contemporary, experimental, and diverse . Each poem beautifully illuminates another small spot of time in the enthralling season of renewal.
Other contributors include: Maxine Kumin , Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver, Richard Wright, John Updike, Walt Whitman, Yusef Komunyakaa, e. e. cummings, D. H. Lawrence, Claude McKay, Jane Kenyon, Sara Teasdale, Philip Larkin, Anne Sexton, James Tate, and A. R. Ammons.