History of My Heart: Poems

By Robert Pinsky

Book Overview

History of My Heart , winner of the William Carlos Williams Prize, first appeared in 1984. In The New Republic , J.D. McClatchy called it "one of the best books of the past decade." It is Pinsky's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880010371
• ISBN13: 9780880010375
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: ECCO Press
• Length: 51 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

skillful

Reading this is reading a master at work. Pinsky wields so much skill it's ridiculous. Reading the poems here is like listening to an intelligent, old man sitting in a chair somewhere in a field, giving his thoughts free rein, following them where they land. In my opinion, the poem "The Figured Wheel" is a lyrical, breath-taking masterpiece.

Strong, accessible work

Want to check out some poetry that won't blind you with its self-importance? Give Pinksy a whirl. He wasn't poet laureate for nothing, and this volume shows why: his work is everyday-ish, regular images told in regular language, but stacked in such a way that the power of the images play movies in your head with every turn of the page. The book gets off to a ripping start and calms down from there, but is no less compelling. Like really good, quiet fireplace conversation.