Where Water Comes Together with Other Water: PoemsRaymond Carver, acclaimed as "one of the true contemporary masters" of the short story, demonstrates, in this first major collection of his poems, his talents in this form. Drawing poetic effects from the commonplace, Carver's poems bring us back to the "real world" more forcibly than his stories because we generally expect poetry to transport us to realms beyond the ordinary. While his diction is prose-like, some of his poems are marked by painful intensity and others by graceful and exuberant language. As Jonathan Yardley puts it, his "eye is so clear, it almost breaks your heart." ISBN 0-394-54470-6 : $13.95. |
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Page 43
... Strait from every seafaring country in the world— old , dirty freighters just barely moving along , and the swift new cargo vessels painted every color under the sun that cut the water as they pass . I want to keep an eye out for them ...
... Strait from every seafaring country in the world— old , dirty freighters just barely moving along , and the swift new cargo vessels painted every color under the sun that cut the water as they pass . I want to keep an eye out for them ...
Page 129
... — the one with its complications and phone calls - is unbecoming , and a waste of time . I want to plunge my hands in clear water . The way he did . Again and then again . FOR TESS Out on the Strait the water is whitecapping 129.
... — the one with its complications and phone calls - is unbecoming , and a waste of time . I want to plunge my hands in clear water . The way he did . Again and then again . FOR TESS Out on the Strait the water is whitecapping 129.
Page 130
... Strait , but a different wind , too . For a while I even let myself imagine I had died— and that was all right , at least for a couple of minutes , until it really sank in : Dead . As I was lying there with my eyes closed , just after I ...
... Strait , but a different wind , too . For a while I even let myself imagine I had died— and that was all right , at least for a couple of minutes , until it really sank in : Dead . As I was lying there with my eyes closed , just after I ...
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