Description
In this exuberant collection of lyric poems, Ross Gay transforms everyday wonders—fruit trees, compost, birds, buttons, bare feet, neighbors, and childhood memories—into occasions for praise. Set against grief, racism, violence, addiction, and the losses woven through human and natural life, these poems seek nourishment in the cycles of gardens and orchards, where decay can become the source of new growth. With lush imagery, playful free verse, and a generous, Whitmanesque spirit, Gay creates a communal meditation on gratitude that embraces both the messiness of living and the hope found in caring for one another and the earth.
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paperback
University of Pittsburgh Press
Published Jan 1, 2015
102 pages
ISBN: 9780822963318
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First Published
2015
Language
eng
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