Glazova invites us to perceive the unfolding natural world with all our senses--a bee, a swamp, the icy north--and to consider our place in it. Her concise and sensory poems elucidate not just a moment in nature, but the flow of time. A snow-covered bud, a clod of earth, an animal's fur, and human beings are all part of a continuous cycle of life and death. Glazova is also a photographer, and light, shadow, and darkness filter through these poems. But listening is as important as seeing: "put your ear to the ground: the log and the bark beetle / sing as one--they begin."
Glazova came of age during perestroika, moved to Germany as a young woman, and received her doctorate in the U.S. Her poetry is strongly influenced by Paul Celan, whose work she has translated to Russian.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Zephyr Press
Published: 11/29/2022
ISBN: 9781938890956
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d