The Wave-Maker
Poems
2 February 2010
Description
A stunning new collection from a poet who “made her name a watchword for serenity and poise” (Contemporary Poetry Review).
In Elizabeth Spires's sixth collection of poetry, the pilgrim soul, in its various guises, meditates on its own slow becoming, finding humble companions in creatures as unlikely as a lowly snail, a prehistoric coelacanth, or a tiny Japanese netsuke of a badger disguised as a monk. For Spires, life is both a pilgrimage and a deepening—birth, death, and transformation all part of a seamless continuum. Possessed of a calm, crystalline sense of eternity, her poems invite fellow travelers to sit for a little while and be cleansed of the dust of existence.
Reviews
"Refusing lushness, Spires creates lean lines that hold the weight of thought and feeling like rope bridges over a chasm." — Booklist
"A simple but elegant tapestry of language." — Charleston City Paper
"Quiet, unprepossessing, filled with wonder at the mortalities and fleeting beauties of the world." — New Criterion
Also By: Elizabeth Spires 
A Memory of the Future: Poems
Paperback, 2020
Zen-infused meditations on the limitations of memory, mortality, and the boundaries of human existence.
A Memory of the Future: Poems
E Book, 2018
Zen-infused meditations on the limitations of memory, mortality, and the boundaries of human existence.
Now the Green Blade Rises: Poems
Paperback, 2004
"Spires is a jewel of a poet, never self-conscious or self-indulgent."—Los Angeles Times
Now the Green Blade Rises: Poems
E Book, 2004
"Spires is a jewel of a poet, never self-conscious or self-indulgent."—Los Angeles Times
Worldling
Paperback, 1997
