Harping On: Poems, 1985-1995 by Carolyn Kizer


Harping On: Poems, 1985-1995
Title : Harping On: Poems, 1985-1995
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ISBN : 1556591152
ISBN-10 : 9781556591150
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 96
Publication : First published September 1, 1996
Awards : California Book Award Poetry (Silver) (1996), Washington State Book Award (1997)

The first collection in ten years by one of the most respected and loved poets in American poetry.

Harping On: Poems, 1985-1995 Reviews

  • Drew

    The truly marvelous "Fin-de-Siecle Blues" ends this collection which I never would've finished if I hadn't grown dreadfully bored and then jumped to the back. Then I spent the rest of the time searching for something that matched it in terms of wit, effortlessness, scope, surprise... But the rest were either belabored homework assignments or just downright awful. Then again, I've never written anything quite like "Fin-de-Siecle Blues." (That's not nothing!) Have you?

  • Tom Romig

    Wise, powerful, engaging. Carolyn Kizer has a talent for drawing you in and appealing to both your mind and your emotions. A couple poems I liked in particular: "Anniversaries: Claremont Avenue, from 1945" (page 57) and "Twelve O'Clock" (page 28; also see the note on page 65).

  • Pachyderm Bookworm

    This book its ordered by having at least two to three long poems (by this, figure the longer pieces to be one to three pages in length; shorter explorations and extrapolations are about one quarter of a page entirely, no less, no more. Somewhat manically dizzying experience to be had by all.

  • M

    I wanted to engage and like this more than I did, but alas.