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This Long Winter

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This Long Winter is a luminous collection of modern metaphysical poems by Joyce Sutphen. The poems meditate on life in the rural world, touching on themes of hard work, aging, and the passage of time. Through careful attention to language, Sutphen offers reflections filled with precise descriptions of snowflakes, clementines, lilies, and the cardinal's call. These vivid images invite readers to find wisdom and solace in the natural world amid the rush of time and challenges of life.
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This book will appeal to readers who appreciate thoughtful, contemplative poetry that explores the nuances of rural life and the human condition. It is particularly suited for those seeking poetic solace and reflection during difficult times.

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A luminous collection of modern metaphysical poems. This Long Winter contains poems that are meditations on life in the rural world: reflections on hard work, ageing, and the ravages of time—erasures that Sutphen attempts to ameliorate with her careful attention to language. These poems move us from delight in precise description to wisdom and solace in the things of this world. Noticing its details, the snowflakes, clementines, the lilies, the cardinal’s call, is the key for this momentary stay against time that comes at us in a rush. The many mirror images in these poems point to the complexity and hard, loving work of really living in the world. And now, in the deep mid-winter, deep in the enforced slowdown of this pandemic, we need these poems to help us know what to do with the past and how to live and how to love.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780887486784

Publisher: Carnegie-Mellon University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 February 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Carnegie-Mellon University Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 189.0mm

Weight: 32g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Joyce Sutphen is the author of nine books of poetry, including Straight Out of View, Naming the Stars, and Carrying Water to the Field. She is professor emerita at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. She served as Poet Laureate of Minnesota from 2011–21.

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