Waterborne

by Linda Gregerson

Book Overview

A stirring, brilliantly crafted collection, Linda Gregerson's third volume of poetry examines mortality in all its beauty and horror. Fluently rendered in Gregerson's distinctive three-line stanzas,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618120106
• ISBN13: 9780618120109
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The river is a central theme in these moving, lyrical poems

Waterborne: Poems is a unique volume of Linda Gregerson's free-verse poetry written in an open, unfettered style and a unique verse structure that draws the reader into a personal vision daily life and the inner power that transcends ordinary experience. The river is a central theme in these moving, thoughtful, lyrical poems. "...to think that tethered in his crib is all/the safety she can give him. Not kerosene nor/coalstove shall destroy him, yet/there must/have been a fire, he did not freeze."