What Was Lost: Poems

By Herbert Morris

Book Overview

In this collection, Herbert Morris gathers 15 poems in his two signature modes, the dramatic monologue and the meditative reverie. His subjects include a resplendent apricot gown once worn by Lillian Gish (Chaplin enthralled, Griffith smitten, ecstatic); a poignant human detail in Caravaggio's The Sacrifice of Isaac; and a host of variations on the Peaceable Kingdom, the obsessive lifework of the painter Edward Hicks.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582430640
• ISBN13: 9781582430645
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The dear man needs a collected poems

The most amazing thing about Morris' work is his best poems remain fugitive pieces still uncollected in a book. American poetry lovers should arise en masse and demand his work be properly collected so we can read it easily. Until that day, buy this and his other books, and live with them for a while. You will be satisfied. And, hey, you two other poetry lovers in America (I define a poetry lover as someone who reads but does not write it), when you are ready to storm the modern bastille, call me, and I'll grab my Goban and smash it on some publisher's head. That will be fun.

A Excellent Poet

I was surprised to discover this poet whom I had overlooked before. Since reading this book I've read his others as well. This is one of the finest books of poery I have read in the the last fifteen years. And I can say that as someone who has not only read poetry for thirty-five years but also published over forty books of poetry. Buy this book. It's everything the publisher claims.