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“And what does it matter when light enters the room where a child sleeps and the waking mother, opening her eyes, wishes more than anything to be unwakened by what she cannot name?”

Book:Collected Poems

Work

Collected Poems

This book is a collection of poems that spans different styles and themes, showcasing the diversity of poetic expression. more

Author

Mark Strand

Mark Strand, born on April 11, 1934, was an influential American poet known for his concise and profound poetry. His works have won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and have been translated into many languages, enjoying widespread international acclaim. more

“A poem is a place where the conditions of beyondness and withinness are made palpable, where to imagine is to feel what it is to be. It allows us to have the life we are denied because we are too busy living. Even more paradoxically, poetry permits us to live in ourselves as if we were just out of reach of ourselves.”

Ifs Feels Made Imagine Conditions Busy Permit Denied Too Busy

Author:Mark Strand

“The dead have need of fairy tales too.”

Needs Tales Fairy Fairy Tale

Book:The Collected Poems 1956 - 1998

Source: The Collected Poems 1956 - 1998

“Inanimate objects are always correct and cannot, unfortunately, be reproached with anything. I have never observed a chair shift from one foot to another, or a bed rear on its hind legs. And tables, even when they are tired, will not dare to bend their knees. I suspect that objects do this from pedagogical considerations, to reprove us constantly for our instability.”

Feet Objects Bed Tables Tired Dare Legs Knees Consideration Chairs Suspects Instability Inanimate Objects

Book:The Collected Poems 1956 - 1998

Source: The Collected Poems 1956 - 1998

“I turn to history not for lessons but to confront my experience with the experience of others and to win for myself a sense of responsibility for the state of the human conscience.”