Bucolics (Hardcover)
Description
Untitled and unpunctuated, the seventy poems in this collection seem to cascade from one page to another. Maurice Manning extolls the virtues of nature and its many gifts, and finds deep gratitude for the mysterious hand that created it all.
that bare branch that branch made black
by the rain the silver raindrop
hanging from the black branch
Boss I like that black branch
I like that shiny raindrop Boss
tell me if I’m wrong but it makes
me think you’re looking right
at me now isn’t that a lark for me
to think you look that way
upside down like a tree frog
Boss I’m not surprised at all
I wouldn’t doubt it for
a minute you’re always up
to something I’ll say one thing
you’re all right all right you are
even when you’re hanging Boss
About the Author
MAURICE MANNING’s poems have appeared in the Southern Review, the Virginia Quarterly Review, and the New Yorker, and his first collection of poems was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Award. He teaches English at Indiana University. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and Danville, Kentucky.
Praise for Bucolics…
PRAISE FOR A COMPANION FOR OWLS
"The lucidity and surprise and soulfulness of [the poems’] language embody an intelligence and sensibility attainable only in high art . . . This is thrilling work." — JAMES BAKER HALL, POET LAUREATE OF KENTUCKY
PRAISE FOR MAURICE MANNING
"A fresh and brilliant talent."— W. S. MERWIN
Manning celebrates the virtues of nature and finds deep gratitude for the mysterious hand that created it all.
