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A review by literaryjunarin
New Selected Poems by Mark Strand
dark
emotional
slow-paced
3.5
I loved some of the poems, especially those about death and nature. I also quite liked the surreal ones but others just feel, I don't know, unimaginative?
This is my favorite from The Next Time:
"The highway comes right to the door, so let's
Take off before the world out there burns up. Life should be more
Than the body's weight working itself from room to room.
A turn through the forest will do us good, so will a spin
Among the farms. Just think of the chickens strutting,
The cows swinging their udders, and flicking their tails at flies."
This is my favorite from The Next Time:
"The highway comes right to the door, so let's
Take off before the world out there burns up. Life should be more
Than the body's weight working itself from room to room.
A turn through the forest will do us good, so will a spin
Among the farms. Just think of the chickens strutting,
The cows swinging their udders, and flicking their tails at flies."