"Good poems are triumphs over the unlikely," Stephen Dunn says. "They make us pay attention in new ways." In his second new and selected collection, Dunn subtly enlarges our sense of possibility. His new poems, suffused with affection and rue for our world, occasionally address the metaphysical, as in these lines—
from “Talk to God”Ease into your misgivingsAsk him if in his weaknesshe was ever responsiblefor a pettiness—some weather, say,brought in to show who’s bosswhen no one seemed sufficiently movedby a sunset or the shape of an egg.Ask him if when he gave us desirehe had underestimated its power.
- ISBN10 0393067750
- ISBN13 9780393067750
- Publish Date 16 December 2008
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 30 April 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English