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Collected poems / Mark Strand.

by Strand, Mark, 1934-2014.

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Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.

Canadian poetry -- 21st century.

Canadian poetry -- 20th century.

American poetry -- 21st century.

American poetry -- 20th century

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

9780385352512 (hc.)

0385352514 (hc.)

xviii, 520 pages ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize"--Cover.

Sleeping with one eye open (1964) -- Reasons for moving (1968) -- Darker (1970) -- The story of our lives (1973) -- The late hour (1978) -- The monument (1978) -- from Selected poems (1980) -- Dark harbor (1993) -- Blizzard of one (1998) -- Man and camel (2006) -- Almost invisible (2012)

"A half century's magnificent work by the former poet laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner whose haunting and exemplary style has influenced an entire generation of American poets. Beginning with Sleeping with One Eye Open, published in 1964, Mark Strand was hailed as a poet of piercing originality and elegance, and in the ensuing decades he has not swerved from his vision of how a poem should be shaped and what it should deliver. As he entered the middle period of his career, with volumes such as The Continuous Life (1990), Strand was already well-known for his ability to capture the subtle music of consciousness, and for creating painterly physical landscapes that could answer to the inner self: "And here the dark infinitive to feel, / Which would endure and have the earth be still / And the star-strewn night pour down the mountains / Into the hissing fields and silent towns." In his later work, from Blizzard of One (1998) which won the Pulitzer Prize, through the sly, provocative riddles of his recent Almost Invisible (2012), Strand has delighted in reminding us that there is no poet quite like him for a dose of dark wit that turns out to be deep wisdom and self-deprecation. He has given voice to our collective imagination with a grandeur and comic honesty. Mark Strand (1934 – 2014) was a Canadian-born American poet, essayist and translator, born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. He was appointed American Poet Laureate in 1990, and was a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University from 2005 until his death in 2014"--Provided by publisher.

Blizzard of One (included in this collection) was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1999.

Canadian poetry.

American poetry.

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