Morning Poems

by Robert Bly

Book Overview

Morning Poems is a sensational collection -- Robert Bly's best in many years. Inspired by the example of William Stafford, Bly decided to embark on the project of writing a daily poem: Every morning he would stay in bed until he had completed the day's work. These 'little adventures/In Morning longing, ' as he calls them, address classic poetic subjects (childhood, the seasons, death and heaven) in a way that capitalizes fully...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060928735
• ISBN13: 9780060928735
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A Very Important Book

I was not familiar with Robert Bly until I read his poem Things to Think in Oprah's magazine last month. I was so touched by his thoughts that I just had to have more! This is a great book of deep thoughts, put into prose form. Great food for those wtih open minds and open hearts. Enjoy!

Good Morning Poems

The idea alone of writing poems in the morning right away is a challenging one. Perhaps Bly is more of a morning person than I. Overall the poems in this collection are excellent. Bly was recommended to me for a poet to study prose poems, but beyond that he captures thoughts and emotions that often have a universalism to them. I don't like every poem in this collection, but that shouldn't hold anyone away from reading it.

Poems written before embracing the day

The concept of this book (to write a poem before getting out of bed) bubbles as subtext under each stanza. There is slow contemplation and sleepy humour throughout; the thoughts of an old poet waking. Among my favourites were "The Russian" and "November". This was my first experience of Bly, but it will not be my last.