Seafarer: New Poems with Earthling and Forever

by James Longenbach

Standing on the shore, preparing to journey into the unknown, James Longenbach wrote these final poems with astonishing courage and clarity. Seafarer opens with a gorgeous sequence in which the poet looks down on his life from above, as if he's already left it behind. With prophetic perception, Longenbach reflects on the encroaching tide of mortality through myth and memory. This volume unites Seafarer with Forever (2021) and the National Book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324075848
• ISBN13: 9781324075844
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 9.1"