Left Out in the Rain: New Poems, 1947-1985

by Gary Snyder

Book Overview

A poetic autobiography that traces the author's life from his boyhood in Oregon to San Francisco, Kyoto and New York, and to his home in the Sierra foothills of northern California.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865472688
• ISBN13: 9780865472686
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: North Point Press
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 3 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher

Customer Reviews

wonderful bundle of poems

i first read some of the poems in a bookstore waiting for my grandfather one day. slowly i flipped through the pages, reading several poems to get a feel for the book, which is quite different from Gary Snyder's other works, but in a good way (as he describes in his forward). his other works, each of them, seem to have more of a common theme or idea to them, where as in this book it is a compilation of poems from 1947-1985. these poems range from the Pacific Northwest Coast, to New York City, to Kyoto, to love. All of his poems hold true to Mr. Snyder's broad style, so if you enjoy his poems i am sure you will enjoy this compilation.

Highly recommended for poetry enthusiasts

Left Out in the Rain is a free-verse poetry collection by Gary Snyder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize among other awards. In his twenties, he labored as a forester and logger; one of his experienced co-workers told him, "If you're gonna work these woods, don't want nothing that can't be left out in the rain." That phrase became the title and binding theme of Left Out In The Rain, which examines human experiences in relation to the environment that encompasses them. The diversity of the often brief verses makes each one linger in the mind as bright flicker of momentary insight, in this compilation highly recommended for poetry enthusiasts. The Taste: I don't know where it went / Or recall how it worked / What one did / What the steps were / Was it hands? / Or the words and the tune? / All that's left / Is a flavor / That stays

musings of a dharma bum

Hoo! this singular syllable is all that can be used to attempt to describe this. snyder's short eternal truths, his exact observations and his simplistic morals are all explored beyond what anyone else has done or will do. snyder's life is chronicled by himself in this series of poems that everyone who has heard of poetry must read.