{"product_id":"this-present-moment-new-poems-9781619027381","title":"This Present Moment: New Poems","description":"\"This present moment\u003cbr\u003eThat lives on \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo become \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong ago.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor his first collection of new poems since his celebrated Danger on Peaks, published in 2004, Gary Snyder finds himself ranging over the planet. Journeys to the Dolomites, to the north shore of Lake Tahoe, from Paris and Tuscany to the shrine at Delphi, from Santa Fe to Sella Pass, Snyder lays out these poems as a map of the last decade. Placed side-by-side, they become a path and a trail of complexity and lyrical regard, a sort of riprap of the poet's eighth decade. And in the mix are some of the most beautiful domestic poems of his great career, poems about his work as a homesteader and householder, as a father and husband, as a friend and neighbor. A centerpiece in this collection is a long poem about the death of his beloved, Carole Koda, a rich poem of grief and sorrow, rare in its steady resolved focus on a dying wife, of a power unequaled in American poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a friend is quoted in one of these new poems: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I met the other lately in the far back of a bar, \u003cbr\u003emusicians playing near the window and he\u003cbr\u003esweetly told me \"listen to that music. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe self we hold so dear will soon be gone.\"\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGary Snyder is one of the greatest American poets of the last century, and This Present Moment shows his command, his broad range, and his remarkable courage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Snyder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.3lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781619027381","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439284293769,"sku":"9781619027381","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_1d2ed934-830c-4588-be6b-c0b2de92836b.jpg?v=1715812764","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/this-present-moment-new-poems-9781619027381","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}