Insomnia: Poems

by Linda Pastan

Book Overview

These poems chart the journeys of sleepless nights when whole lifetimes seem to pass with their stories: loves lost and gained; children and seasons in their phases; and the world beyond, both threatening and enriching life. The time before sleep acts as an invitation to reflect on the world's quieter movements--from gardens heavy after a first storm to the moon slipping into darkness in an eclipse--as well as on the subtle but relentless passage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039324718X
• ISBN13: 9780393247183
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"