Collected Poems of Mark Strand

Mark Strand died just a few months after this COLLECTED POEMS was issued. I remember asking at the bookstore, Isn't Collected Poetry reserved for a posthumous anthology and Selected Poetry for a living poet? And the bookseller showed me a New York Times review which asked the same question. Well, I guess we have our answer. The poet was probably very sick, close to death as this volume was being prepared. But enough about the poet's death. MARK STRAND was the most vibrant and vital of men, and one of our best modern poets. He early on found his characteristic voice and developed a style to suit it - both unmistakably Strand. I suppose Wallace Stevens was his model, both poets skilled at tracing the mind's grasp of reality, both with an uncanny sense of the working of consciousness. If that sounds cerebral. it's the fault of my prose, because Mark Strand's poetry is anything but cerebral in impact. It is light, airy, incandescent, star-like and often very witty. He is able to make the most ordinary events seem unreal and the most unreal events everyday. Again and again he will amaze you with a view of things bothreasuringly bizarre and dangerously ordinary. A Mark Strand poem opens the door of wonder and admits you to a new world for as long as you wish to stay. Buy his Collected Poems and you can come and go as you please - forever.

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I've been looking for this book at a good price for awhile. Finally found it! Have enjoyed the few poems I've read so far. Clean book, great condition.

Accessible and deeply felt poetry from an American master.

A wonderful, deep and profound poet who will be much missed, but thank God we have this superb collection of his work. It's one of those books you'll find yourself just dipping into for some inspiration or for a thought at random moments during the day. Kind of what I do with all my long poetry shelf. That's what poets do, yes? Inspire us, make us think differently about the most mundane bits of life in all its shading. That's Mark Strand to a T.

Mark Strand doesn't care what I think. He's dead. I only came to poetry late in my life (I'm 75) and I'm a composer and not terribly good with words. Strand plays with my mind in a strange way...not to be too corny, but sometimes my jaw drops at his insights. "How could he/she think of this" I often feel when listening to music I love. Strand is the first poet that has caused me this sensation...although I am very fond of other poets, especially Jennifer Grotz.

I got beat up by an obvious professor of Scandinavian Literature who didn't like my review of an award-winning Swede or Norwegian poet, translated by Robert Bly. Garbage in, garbage out. Mark Strand's poetry is what I prefer-sensible, understandable, poignant...just in case the know-it-all professor reads this review.

These are the most amazing poems ever. I love so many of them. Great collection too. The ones I like most are about the end of life or relationships.

Gracias

qualità semplice ma ben fatto.

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It is great!