Description

W. W. Norton, hardcover

Publication Date: October 11, 2022

Publisher Marketing:In poems of graceful lyricism and penetrating observation, award-winning poet Linda Pastan sheds new light on the complexities of ordinary life and the rising tide of mortality. Drawing from Pastan’s five most recent volumes–includingThe Last Uncle(2002),Traveling Light(2011), andInsomnia(2015)–and with over thirty new poems,Almost an Elegyreflects on beauty, old age, and the probability of loss. Whether in a lush evocation of an impressionist painting or a wry and wistful ode to a car key, Pastan finds lucid meaning in the passage of time.

From “Mirage”
I want to simply be one with the trees sighing
outside my window, sighing not for me
but to accommodate the wind.