Bibliograph

Second bloom, poems, Anya Krugovoy Silver

Type

Label

Second bloom, poems, Anya Krugovoy Silver

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Second bloom

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Anya Krugovoy Silver

Series statement

The Poiema poetry series

Sub title

poems

Summary

In Second Bloom, Silver looks unflinchingly and honestly at the suffering of cancer, while at the same time celebrating the possibility of joy, the persistence of beauty and love, the simultaneous winnowing and comfort of faith. These poems are contemplative and often personal, but reach out to the world as a whole: from IV poles to hula hoops, from riding a roller coaster with one's son to comforting a dying friend at Christmas. The poems glean their subject matter from ordinary life, from art, from the natural world. Silver's poetry attempts to preserve the world's luminous moments and to hold grace and despair simultaneously in the human heart

Target audience

adult

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