Margaret Gibson | Auteur

A propos de l'auteur

Margaret Gibson is the author of eight books of poetry, including The Vigil, a finalist for the National Book Award; Long Walks in the Afternoon, a Lamont Selection of the Academy of American Poets; Earth Elegy: New and Selected Poems; and Icon and Evidence. She has been awarded two Pushcart afficher plus Prizes, the James W. Boatwright Prize, the Melville Cane Award of the Poetry Society of America, and a National Endowment for the Arts grant for her work, which has also appeared in numerous anthologies and literary magazines. She is a visiting professor at the University of Connecticut and lives in Preston afficher moins

Œuvres de Margaret Gibson

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Earth Elegy: New and Selected Poems (1997) 32 exemplaires

Long Walks in the Afternoon: Poems (1982) 28 exemplaires

Memories of the Future: The Daybooks of Tina Modotti (1986) 19 exemplaires

The Vigil: A Poem in Four Voices (1993) 15 exemplaires

Icon and Evidence: Poems (2001) 15 exemplaires

Autumn Grasses: Poems (2003) 14 exemplaires

Broken Cup (2014) 9 exemplaires

The Prodigal Daughter: Reclaiming an Unfinished Childhood (2008) 8 exemplaires

One Body: Poems (2007) 7 exemplaires

Out in the Open (1989) 6 exemplaires

Signs, Poems (1979) 5 exemplaires

Not Hearing the Wood Thrush: Poems (2018) 4 exemplaires

The Glass Globe: Poems (2021) 3 exemplaires

Second Nature: Poems (LSU Press Paperback Original) (2010) 1 exemplaire

Lunes : poems 1 exemplaire

On the cutting edge (1976) 1 exemplaire

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Oeuvres associées

Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality (2000) — Contributeur — 372 exemplaires

The Best American Poetry 2009 (2009) — Contributeur — 133 exemplaires

Downhome: An Anthology of Southern Women Writers (1995) — Contributeur — 116 exemplaires

The Best American Poetry 2017 (2017) — Contributeur — 95 exemplaires

The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink (2012) — Contributeur — 63 exemplaires

Atomic Ghost: Poets Respond to the Nuclear Age (1995) — Contributeur — 30 exemplaires

60 Years of American Poetry (1996) — Contributeur — 28 exemplaires

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Autumn grasses : poems par Margaret Gibson

Continuing on my quest to better appreciate poetry, I selected Autumn Grasses a collection of poems by Margaret Gibson that were inspired by Japanese art reproduced in Art in Japan: A Celebration. The poems are written in Japanese style and describe things seen in the art. Here's a sample:

WILD DUCK

It ruffles
its feathers

Silent, unsleeping

the snow
descends

on bare branch
and pond

Its coal-black eyes
are bottomless

How clear
the air

How cold

Isn't that a lovely image? Now that's a poem I can appreciate :-)… (plus d'informations)

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RebaRelishesReading | Sep 29, 2012 |

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