Conscious and Verbal

Poems

Fiction & Literature, Poetry
Cover of the book Conscious and Verbal by Les Murray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Les Murray ISBN: 9781466894778
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication: September 29, 2015
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Language: English
Author: Les Murray
ISBN: 9781466894778
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication: September 29, 2015
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language: English

A wonderful new collection by a wizard of contemporary poetry

Everything widens with distance, in this perspective.
The dog's paws, trotting, rotate his end of infinity
and dam water feels a shiver few willow drapes share.
Bright leaks through their wigwam re-purple the skinny beans
then rapidly the light tops treetops and is shortened
into a day. Everywhere stands pat beside its shadow
for the great bald radiance never seen in dreams.
-from "Aurora Prone"

In July 1996, the Australian press reported that after three weeks in a coma, the country's greatest poet, Les Murray, was again "conscious and verbal." Shortly thereafter, Murray resumed his work in words, and over the next four years he wrote these sixty-five poems, which, in their different ways, literally or sensually, replay that dreamy announcement of the perpetually waking world. Conscious and Verbal is one of the legendary poet's richest, fullest, and most imaginative books to date.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A wonderful new collection by a wizard of contemporary poetry

Everything widens with distance, in this perspective.
The dog's paws, trotting, rotate his end of infinity
and dam water feels a shiver few willow drapes share.
Bright leaks through their wigwam re-purple the skinny beans
then rapidly the light tops treetops and is shortened
into a day. Everywhere stands pat beside its shadow
for the great bald radiance never seen in dreams.
-from "Aurora Prone"

In July 1996, the Australian press reported that after three weeks in a coma, the country's greatest poet, Les Murray, was again "conscious and verbal." Shortly thereafter, Murray resumed his work in words, and over the next four years he wrote these sixty-five poems, which, in their different ways, literally or sensually, replay that dreamy announcement of the perpetually waking world. Conscious and Verbal is one of the legendary poet's richest, fullest, and most imaginative books to date.

More books from Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Cover of the book Traveler of the Century by Les Murray
Cover of the book Tractor Mac School Day by Les Murray
Cover of the book Working Mummies by Les Murray
Cover of the book Dick Foote and the Shark by Les Murray
Cover of the book Selected Poems 1968-2014 by Les Murray
Cover of the book Imagining Numbers by Les Murray
Cover of the book Before We Go Extinct by Les Murray
Cover of the book The Noodle Maker by Les Murray
Cover of the book The Fun Book of Scary Stuff by Les Murray
Cover of the book Moonstone by Les Murray
Cover of the book Redemption Song by Les Murray
Cover of the book Food's Frontier by Les Murray
Cover of the book The Underdogs by Les Murray
Cover of the book Video Slut by Les Murray
Cover of the book Wildfire! by Les Murray
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy