Mules of Love: Poems
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- Synopsis
- Balancing heart-intelligent intimacy and surprising humor, the poems in Ellen Bass's Mules of Love illuminate the essential dynamics of our lives: family, community, sexual love, joy, loss, religion and death. The poems also explore the darker aspects of humanity-personal, cultural, historical and environmental violence-all of which are handled with compassion and grace. Bass's poetic gift is her ability to commiserate with others afflicted by similar hungers and grief. Her poem "Insomnia" concludes: "may something/ comfort you-a mockingbird, a breeze, rain/ on the roof, Chopin's Nocturnes, the thought/ of your child's birth, a kiss,/ or even me-in my chilly kitchen/ with my coat on-thinking of you. "
- Copyright:
- 2002
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 90 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781929918225
- Publisher:
- BOA Editions, Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 05/14/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Ellen Bass
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Poetry, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Jon Pielaet
- Proofread By:
- FriendlyCurmudgeon
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.