Galway Kinnell's twelfth collection of poems, Imperfect Thirst, is powerful and thrilling, beautifully crafted and astonishingly candid. In it, Kinnell approaches elemental subjects with a remarkable balance of good nature and holy dread. It includes re-visions of moments of childhood and youth; reflections on the relationship between humans and the other creatures; poems bearing on music, language, sex, mortality; five poems based on the form of the Persian ghazal; love poems; and a tender evocation of a daughter taking care of her old father. Five longer poems close the book: a meditation...
Galway Kinnell's twelfth collection of poems, Imperfect Thirst, is powerful and thrilling, beautifully crafted and astonishingly candid. In it, Kinnel...
This book of wonderful poetry from Galway Kinnell includes such poems as 'Memories of My Father', 'Judas Kiss', 'The Cat', 'The Vow', 'Farewell', and 'When One Has Lived a Long Time Alone.'
This book of wonderful poetry from Galway Kinnell includes such poems as 'Memories of My Father', 'Judas Kiss', 'The Cat', 'The Vow', 'Farewell', and ...
