{"product_id":"poems-1962-1997-9781933517766","title":"Poems (1962-1997)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"One of the great original voices of our times--a pilgrim in search of beautiful innocence.\"--Jack Kerouac\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Robert Lax's poems [prove] yet again that the gift to be simple is the gift to be free, that less is more, and that least may sometimes be most.\"--John Ashbery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoems (1962-1997)\u003c\/i\u003e gathers thirty-five years of Robert Lax's work, rarely published and largely composed in solitude on the island of Patmos. Compiled and edited by the poet's former assistant John Beer, this selection reflects--through meditative sequences in striking vertical columns--Lax's rigorous attention to the world around him and his relentless aspiration to new ways of writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003elove \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003edeath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eare blood\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; bone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003elove \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003edeath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eare bread\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003elove \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003edeath\u003cbr\u003eare rose\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; thorn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e(love \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003edeath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eare sheep\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; shorn)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Lax\u003c\/b\u003e (1915-2000) published dozens of volumes of poetry and prose with small presses and worked as an editor for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJubilee\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePAX\u003c\/i\u003e. From 1962 to the end of his life, he made his home in the Greek islands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Beer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Canarium, 2010), which won the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. For two years in the late 1990s, he served as literary assistant to Robert Lax. He currently lives and teaches in Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Lax\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wave Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.90w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933517766","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439358185609,"sku":"9781933517766","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_6c86592d-a633-4bfa-9e28-d037bfebd424.jpg?v=1716272159","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/poems-1962-1997-9781933517766","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}