In Second Bloom, Silver looks unflinchingly and honestly at the suffering of cancer, while at the same time celebrating the possibility of joy, the persistence of beauty and love, the simultaneous winnowing and comfort of faith. These poems are contemplative and often personal, but reach out to the world as a whole: from IV poles to hula hoops, from riding a roller coaster with ones son to comforting a dying friend at Christmas. The poems glean their subject matter from ordinary life, from art, from the natural world. Silvers poetry attempts to preserve the worlds luminous moments and to hold grace and despair simultaneously in the human heart.
- | Author: Anya Krugovoy Silver
- | Publisher: Cascade Books
- | Publication Date: Sep 06, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 90 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Poetry
- | ISBN-10: 1532630077
- | ISBN-13: 9781532630071