The Collected Poems
17 January 2003
Description
"This volume may be the best that America has to offer today. Buy this book, read it, treasure it."—Philadelphia Inquirer
The early poems, long unavailable in any edition, sound themes that have always engaged Kunitz: life's meaning, the relation of time to eternity, kinship with nature, and loss, most poignantly that of his father. But despite the power of his poems about loss, Kunitz remains ardent in celebrating life. He fully lives up to his own advice to younger poets "to persevere, then explore. Be explorers all your life."
Awards
Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2000
Also By: Stanley Kunitz 
The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden
Paperback, 2007
"A graceful and moving glimpse into a rare and giving artist's refined poetics, garden aesthetics, and spirituality."—Booklist
Inventions of Farewell: A Collection of Elegies
Hardback, 2001
Passing Through: The Later Poems, New and Selected
Paperback, 2001
"Winner of the 1995 National Book Award, Passing Through confirms that the venerable doyen of American poetry is still a poet in his prime."—Atlantic Monthly