The Wave-Maker: Poems

Download or read book The Wave-Maker: Poems written by Elizabeth Spires and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning new collection from a poet who “made her name a watchword for serenity and poise” (Contemporary Poetry Review). In Elizabeth Spires's sixth collection of poetry, the pilgrim soul, in its various guises, meditates on its own slow becoming, finding humble companions in creatures as unlikely as a lowly snail, a prehistoric coelacanth, or a tiny Japanese netsuke of a badger disguised as a monk. For Spires, life is both a pilgrimage and a deepening—birth, death, and transformation all part of a seamless continuum. Possessed of a calm, crystalline sense of eternity, her poems invite fellow travelers to sit for a little while and be cleansed of the dust of existence.