{"product_id":"equinox-and-other-poems-david-r-slavitt-9780807114858","title":"Equinox and Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his newest volume of verse, David R. Slavitt offers some of his finest poetry to date. \u003ci\u003eEquinox \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of twenty-five poems on various subjects. They are occasional, the that most of them are the result of specific moments of experience--whether of an art work, as in \"Canaletto's Ruin,\" or a moment of natural beauty, as in \"The Field of Light\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe road, past Worcester and sundown, \u003cbr\u003e unwound in hollows' evergreen\u003cbr\u003e shadows, velvet billows: the firm\u003cbr\u003e earth melted under the wheels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut then, at a turn onto high ground, \u003cbr\u003e I entered into a field of light.\u003cbr\u003e Light was its crop, a yield of gold\u003cbr\u003e that oozed up like the sweat of plums. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout the collection, Slavitt explores the tensions between lawful order and murderous chaos, the desire to preserve things against inevitable decline, even the conflict between honest desire and the parody of it, as manifested in \"Refinement\" \"Ours are plenty's penalties--gout, girth, \/ atherosclerosis, kidney stones, \/ and ennui...\" And he offers meditations on the relations between generations, as in \"Circus Costumes,\" in which he recalls his grandfather, and \"Letter to a Grandchild.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the title poem, Slavitt presents a moving and controlled portrayal of the difficulties of coming to terms with death, especially the violent death, of a loved one: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA balance shifts, and we can feel the night\u003cbr\u003e heavy in the scale, darkness and cold\u003cbr\u003e will weigh with us from now on . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWise and profound, frequently warm and occasionally bitter, these are the poems of a master craftsman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. Slavitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807114855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807114858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.54w x 0.22d","brand":"David R. Slavitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45478365823231,"sku":"9780807114858","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62e1ec0a-7cd2-4069-9362-f128b15aabab.jpg?v=1715935006","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/equinox-and-other-poems-david-r-slavitt-9780807114858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}