In Elizabeth Spires's sixth collection of poetry, the pilgrim soul, in its various guises, meditates on its own slow becoming, finding humble companions in creatures as unlikely as a lowly snail, a prehistoric coelacanth, or a tiny Japanese netsuke of a badger disguised as a monk. For Spires, life is both a pilgrimage and a deepening--birth, death, and transformation all part of a seamless continuum. Possessed of a calm, crystalline sense of eternity, her poems invite fellow travelers to sit for a little while and be cleansed of the dust of existence.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 01/01/2010
ISBN: 9780393337334
Pages: 69
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.50w x 0.23d