In A Hundred White Daffodils - an enlightening and typically endearing collection of prose and poetry - the late author of five highly regarded books of verse reflects on her writing life, growing spirituality, passionate hobbies, and ultimately fatal struggle with leukemia. Jane Kenyon is one of the most beloved poets on the contemporary American scene; this book shows us why and how this came to be.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
I
Twenty Poems of Anna Akhmatova
II
Gardens, the Church, and a Mountain
"Good-by and Keep Cold"
The Moments of Peonies
The Phantom Pruner
Notes of a Novice Hiker
South Danbury Church Fair
Childhood, When You Are in It
Gabriel's Truth
III
Talking to Neighbors
Edna Powers
Estonia and New Hampshire
The Mailbox
Season of Change and Loss
Every Year the Light
The Five-and-Dime
A Gardner of the True Vine
Summer Comes Alive
The Physics of Long Sticks
The Honey Wagon
Bulbs Planted in the Fall
A Day to Loaf
A Garden of My Dreams
The Mud Will Dry
The Shadows
Dreams of Math
Snakes in This Grass?
Reflections on Roadside Warnings
Poetry and the Mail
IV
Notes on Literature and the Arts
Kicking the Eggs
A Proposal for New Hampshire Writers
Thoughts on the Gifts of Art
Notes for a Lecture: "Everything I Know About Writing Poety"
V
Interviews
An Interview with Bill Moyers
An Interview with David Bradt
f1An Interview with Marian Blue
VI
A Poem
Woman, Why Are You Weeping?
Biography, compiled by Jack Kelleher