Swimming Lessons: Selected Poems
A Poetry book. I wish I could somehow express that area between 'liked it' and 'really liked...
This marvelous collection brings together the finest of Nancy Willard’s work Transporting us from Michigan farm country to the streets of New York, from a family picnic by a stream to snow-covered fields peopled by angels, the poems gathered here represent the best of Nancy Willard.Willard’s gift for peeling back everyday existence to reveal something magical and wondrous is everywhere in evidence here. Ordinary trees become surreal landscapes “fanning the fire in their stars” and “spraying fountains of light.” Poems featuring Great Danes, donkeys, and rabbits reveal Willard’s love for all living creatures. “How to...
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First saw "A Wreath for the Fish" in the L. A. Times book review one Sunday; both Andie and I clipped it. I like the one about the angel in the mirror, too, and "A Cat to his Dinner" is a small, perfect gem. Pair "Swimming Lessons" with the Mary Oliver "Swimming Lesson." I wish I could somehow express that area between 'liked it' and 'really liked it', especially with books of poetry or essays. The new poems in this book I like a great deal. Then the next few excerpts from books I'm not so crazy about, and then the few after that I thought were wonderful, and then I went lukewarm again. It's an uneven... I liked some of the poems and found others i.e. Carpenter of the Sun series confusing. At times some of the poems really jumped out with lyrical descriptions. First I have read of her works,
