Finding the Islands (Finding the Islands Ppr) (Paperback)

by W. S. Merwin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: North Point Pr (November 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865470898
• ISBN-13: 978-0865470897
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,556,472 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars love poems, December 1, 2008

By	Karla Van Vliet (Bristol, VT) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book has the most beautiful love poems I have read in a long time. The lyrical style of trisects lay layer after layer of image down to create a deeply felt sense of place and relationship. My breath was taken away with these lines that end the poem Turning to You, "I want to be buried / under your heart / where I was born" The poet trusts the reader to experience the poems and does not feel the need to lead the reader by the hand with spelled out narrative. I deeply appreciate this book; it will be placed on my shelf of most treasured books.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Refrigerator Poetry, June 24, 2000

By	William Krischke (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Finding the islands

There are poems by Merwin that I like, really like, but they aren't in this book.

His style here is hard to get inside. He writes three lines then a dash then three lines through the whole book, and his diction sounds like refrigerator poetry -- very imagistic, very noun-heavy.

Each poem feels difficult to put together into a real poem, not just a list of images and sparse ideas. Too difficult. I didn't like it much.