THE WAYS WE TOUCH: POEMS (Illinois Poetry) [Hardcover]

MILLER WILLIAMS (Author)

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Publication Date: February 1, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0252023625 | ISBN-13: 978-0252023620

The poems in The Ways We Touch, Miller Williams's twelfth volume of poetry, range from reminiscences of old love to meditations on the relationship between God and human beings to reflections on English poetry and children's stories. Throughout, Williams's poems use small scenes from daily life, drawing from them ruminations about life itself. They may be nostalgic or challenging, humorous or full of moral fortitude; always Williams speaks with the kind of insight that rises from wisdom and experience.

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10,000 Year Old Tree Discovered Shades Two And Half Acres
71 South
The Affair
Agreeing
As You Both Shall Live
At The Christening Of An Infant The Mind Of The Young Preacher Wanders
Autopsy
Ballad Of A Little Delta Town
Buying And Selling
Caution
A Christmas Poem
Compassion
Dust
For All Our Great-grandchildren
For J. William Fulbright On The Day Of His Death
God
A Good Son
He Shuts His Eyes For The Layman's Long Prayer About Lust ...
Her, Though
How It's Born In Us To Understand That ... Two Sides To Every Question
If Ever There Was One
It Came To Pass On A Planet Third From A Minor Sun In A Solar System
A Lesson On The Twentieth Century
The Light In The Eyes
Listen
Memory
Money
A Note To The English Poets Of The Seventeenth Century
Of History And Hope
The Office Party
An Old Man Leaves His Church For The Last Time
On Word That The Old Children's Stories Have Been Brought Up To Date
Origami
Personals
Quantum Theory Made Simple
Romance
Self-control
The Sissy
A Story
A Thought As It Turns
Truth And Truthfulness
A Walk In The Woods
War And Peace
Wide Place In The Road
Woman With Dog
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Hardcover: 88 pages
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press (February 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0252023625
• ISBN-13: 978-0252023620
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars The true poetry of the common man..., July 17, 1998

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This review is from: THE WAYS WE TOUCH: POEMS (Illinois Poetry) (Hardcover)

When I heard Miller Williams read his poetry earlier this year, he started out his reading in a simple way, "Now, I'm going to tell you about people you know..." And this sums up Williams poetry perfectly. The Inaugral Poet's work is simple on the outset, so simple in fact that you might miss what's going on underneath. Because part of the magic of William's poetry is the underpinnings, the things he doesn't tell us, the things that are there anyway. And, as icing on the cake, we get to see a Master poet working, with an intense control of voice and diction, a careful attention of form. This is a work you won't forget very easily.