Let Evening Come (Bloodaxe World Poets)

by Jane Kenyon

Book Overview

The work of America's Jane Kenyon (1947-95) is one of poetry's rarest and most heart-breaking gifts. After fighting depression for most of her life, Jane Kenyon died from leukemia at the age of 47. Her quietly musical poems are intensely moving, compassionate meditations intently probing the life of the heart and spirit. Observing and absorbing small miracles in everyday life, these apparently simple poems grapple with fundamental questions of human...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852246979
• ISBN13: 9781852246976
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
• Weight: 2.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.4" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

New Hampshire poetry

I like to loose myself in a poetry book every once in a while. I don't know why. THis book really hits the spot if you enjoy New England as I do. Some of the poems are very descriptive and they really bring you home. Recommended. DB

Beautiful Book

Beautiful poetry from a wonderful person whose life comes through radiantly in her poetry. I can not read her poems without thinking of her connection to her husband Donald Hall - their poems cross back and forth , even after her death. She uses her/their life but stays far from the "confessional" mode. This book, like the title poem, brings me great peace.