Sudden Harbor: Poems [Paperback]

Richard Foerster (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

In all our beginnings, there are moments which, if they do not strictly shape who we are, at least keep us from becoming who we are not. In his eloquent first collection, Foerster evokes these brief moments--which often become the abiding mysteries of our maturity--with the kind of power and grace that restores one's faith in poetry. Concisely quartered into stages of the poet's life, Sudden Harbor entices the reader to make a host of unspoken connections and to follow the hint that all future promise begins with seeing ourselves honestly. Foerster's exquisite poetic balance is a delight: his persona, intensely vulnerable, is never precious; his elegant language is never obscure; his clear-eyed vision is never too wise for youthful wonder. More than belonging in every library, this beautiful book could be delivered to every doorstep in place of the morning paper, carrying that news that is never old.
- Peter Josyph, New York
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

108 1/2 Degrees
Again
At The Church Of The Assumption
Bathtime
Bluefish
Boulders
Bronx Park
Christmas Eve
Crossing Over
The Day Stalin Died
Dialogues Of The Carmelites
Eeg
Eve
Family Farm
The First Harvest
Ghosts
Hairdo
Halley's Comet
The Hohntor
In A Formal Boxwood Garden
Isaac
King Rene's Book Of Love, Folio 47v
Kreuzberg
Leaves
Love Affair
Maternal Grandmother
Medusas
Men's Group Therapy
A Mere Freak, They Said
Nantucket's Widows
The Old Neighborhood
On The Trian From Brighton
Orpheus' Return
Passings
Pilgrimage
Playland
Principia
Reeperbahn Sex Show
Ringing The Changes
The Romantic Way
Salz
The Scream
Sea-changes
Shore Stones In August On The Coast Of Maine
Shorebirds In October
A Sighting Of Whales
Sleep
Sphinx
The Steel Ring
Sunset Sestina
The Superintendents Of 3152 Hull Avenue
The Swans
That Other
Transfigured Nights
Windows At The Metropolitan
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Orchises Pr (January 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0914061283
• ISBN-13: 978-0914061281
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,915,820 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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