Hummingbird Sleep: Poems, 2009-2011

by Coleman Barks

The poems inHummingbird Sleep move associatively between Coleman Barks's personal experience and his extensive reading, weaving together a wild and eclectic range of material. A discussion of Plotinus, Barks's appearance on PBS NewsHour, a note Keats once left on Wordsworth's mantelpiece, a splinter in the heel, and a quote from the Upanishads-all make their way into Barks's most recent poems, which achieve intimacy and expansiveness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820345040
• ISBN13: 9780820345048
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"