Kore in Bloom [Paperback]

Margaret Holley (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0914278746 | ISBN-13: 978-0914278740 | Publication Date: January 1, 1998 | Edition: 1st

Poetry. Margaret Holley, in this collection of intense and delicate poems, invites us into good company -- here are Brahms, Rilke, Rmui, and Galileo; here also is the physical world with its own sometimes ferocious, sometimes tender artistry; here are family and friends; and here is the poet herself, who, in this intelligent and magical book, is the best company of all. Holley deserves a wider audience than she has had so far; KORE IN BLOOM should brgin her many new readers. -- Mary Oliver. One of the finest books of poetry I have read in years. -- Richard Wilbur.

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"Margaret Holley, in this collection of intense and delicate poems, invites us into good company -- here are Brahms, Rilke, Rmui, and Galileo; here also is the physical world with its own sometimes ferocious, sometimes tender artistry; here are family and friends; and here is the poet herself, who, in this intelligent and magical book, is the best company of all. Holley deserves a wider audience than she has had so far; KORE IN BLOOM should brgin her many new readers." -- Mary Oliver

"One of the finest books of poetry I have read in years." -- Richard Wilbur

Anchoring Out
Autumn By Anton Bruckner
Bay Of Rainbows
The Book Of Changes
Brahms' Alto Rhapsody
Brahms' Lullaby
Cabbage Roses
The Dancer
Fire-watch
Fossil Flowers
Galileo In The Snow
The Gallery Of Owls
Gettysburg
Honeymoon
Instructions For Healing
Kore In Bloom: 1. Dreaming Demeter
Kore In Bloom: 10. Making It Love
Kore In Bloom: 11. Catalpas
Kore In Bloom: 12. Living Mysteries
Kore In Bloom: 2. On The Beach
Kore In Bloom: 3. Headlights
Kore In Bloom: 4. Blue Print
Kore In Bloom: 5. A Nest Of Swans
Kore In Bloom: 6. Tulips
Kore In Bloom: 7. Low Relief
Kore In Bloom: 8. Kore In Bloom
Kore In Bloom: 9. Bread Of Angels
Marsh Creek Lake
Neanderthal
Now The Cicadas
Peach
Rilke At The Hotel Biron
A Rose Of Jericho
The Sea Of Tranquillity
Silk
The Stars
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Copper Beech Press; 1st edition (January 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0914278746
• ISBN-13: 978-0914278740
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,305,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a star, simply put, April 25, 2000

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This review is from: Kore in Bloom (Paperback)

Holley's finest work, uplifting and technically stunning. A great, great book of poetry for anyone who appreciates the craft.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Original and Beautiful, December 20, 2001

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This review is from: Kore in Bloom (Paperback)

This is an extraordinary collection, filled with poems that evoke a world of mythological meaning just beneath the surface of contemporary life. The poem "Instructions for Healing" (which introduces the "Kore in Bloom" sequence in the middle of the book), begins by briefly recounting a Mediterranean voyage and goes on to take a profound journey indeed, in which the reader can "listen to the veins of the world turning to ice and silence." Creation of myth and ceremony is not a thing of the past when a poet of Margaret Holley's depth can get in touch with the flesh and bone of the universe, "the sleepy intelligence of the electron cloud," "sentience clinging to stone," (from "The Stars"), "the memory of every molecule in the motel of body and mind," (from "Now the Cicadas"), the fact that "the rock you see is a dance of atoms" (from "The Book of Changes").
The language is exquisite throughout; the range of experience in the background is substantial, and doors open in every poem to worlds the reader might well never otherwise encounter, from the numeromania of Anton Bruckner to the myths of the riveting Kore (pun intended) section, to the final moments of Brahms, the moon, Rilke. KORE IN BLOOM is unlike any other book of poetry I have ever read. I enthusiastically recommend it to anyone who wants to experience language in ways that are strikingly original and beautiful.