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May Is an Island

Jonathan Johnson

4.8/5 ( ratings)

If the dead are a sea and the living an island, these poems speak from the shore. Their steady company consoles and reminds us that the wages of mortal awareness and sorrow endured can be attention and generosity. From mournful solitude and wanderings as far as Paris, Greece and Spain, Johnson returns again and again to his familiar Scottish coasts, Highlands, and relations; to fatherhood and romantic love; to sensory wonder and the reverence of moments; and now and then to outright grace.

Pages: 88

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Carnegie Mellon University Press

Release: October 30, 2018

ISBN: 0887486371

ISBN 13: 9780887486371

May Is an Island

Jonathan Johnson

4.8/5 ( ratings)

If the dead are a sea and the living an island, these poems speak from the shore. Their steady company consoles and reminds us that the wages of mortal awareness and sorrow endured can be attention and generosity. From mournful solitude and wanderings as far as Paris, Greece and Spain, Johnson returns again and again to his familiar Scottish coasts, Highlands, and relations; to fatherhood and romantic love; to sensory wonder and the reverence of moments; and now and then to outright grace.

Pages: 88

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Carnegie Mellon University Press

Release: October 30, 2018

ISBN: 0887486371

ISBN 13: 9780887486371

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