Eating the Honey of Words: New and Selected Poems

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Robert Bly has had many roles in his illustrious career. He is a chronicler and mentor of young poets, was a leader of the antiwar movement, founded the men's movement, and wrote the bestselling book "Iron John," which brought the men's movement to the attention of the world. Throughout these activities, Bly has continued to deepen his own poetry, a vigorous voice in a period of more academic wordsmiths. Here he presents his favorite poems of the last decades-timeless classics from "Silence in the Snowy Fields, The Man in the Black Coat Turns," and "Loving a Woman in Two Worlds." A complete section of marelous new poems rounds out this collection, which offers a chance to reread, in a fresh setting, a lifetime of work dedicated to fresh perspectives. It is a brilliant collection that confirms Bly's role as one of America's preeminent poets writing today. A Brilliant Collection Spanning Half A Century, From One Of America's Most Prominent And Powerful PoetsRobert Bly has had many roles in his illustrious career. He is a chronicler and mentor of young poets, was a leader of the antiwar movement, founded the men's movement, and wrote the bestselling book "Iron John," which brought the men's movement to the attention of the world. Throughout these activities, Bly has continued to deepen his own poetry, a vigorous voice in a period of more academic wordsmiths. Here he presents his favorite poems of the last decades-timeless classics from "Silence in the Snowy Fields, The Man in the Black Coat Turns," and "Loving a Woman in Two Worlds." A complete section of marelous new poems rounds out this collection, which offers a chance to reread, in a fresh setting, a lifetime of work dedicated to fresh perspectives. It is a brilliant collection that confirms Bly's role as one of America's preeminent poets writing today.

Features

• Title : Eating the Honey of Words: New and Selected Poems
• Author : Robert Bly
• Publisher : Harper Perennial
• ISBN : 0060930691
• EAN : 9780060930691
• Binding : Paperback
• Number Of Pages : 288
• Language : English

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