{"product_id":"present-company-9781556592331","title":"Present Company","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"One of America's greatest living poets.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Merwin keeps his language simple but his perceptions complex. Classical in their lines of inquiry and restraint yet vital in their attunement to the here and now, these personal odes and musings on daily existence and the cycles of life are, by turns, bemused and exalted . . . each poem infuses the collection with buoyancy and light.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback, W.S. Merwin's latest masterwork--which reviewers have described as \"meditative,\" \"playful,\" and \"lithely beautiful\"--guides readers to universal themes through worldly specifics. Akin to Pablo Neruda's \u003ci\u003eElemental Odes, \u003c\/i\u003e every poem in \u003ci\u003ePresent Company\u003c\/i\u003e directly addresses the people and things of daily life, as in \"To the Thief at the Airport\" or \"To Lingering Regrets.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"To This May\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThey know so much more now about\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe heart we are told but the world\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003estill seems to come one at a time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eone day one year one season and here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eit is spring once more with its birds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003enesting in the holes in the walls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eits morning finding the first time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eits light pretending not to move\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ealways beginning as it goes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-496161\"\u003eW. S. Merwin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.77h x 5.85w x 0.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556592331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556592337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW.S. Merwin is one of America's leading poets. His prizes include the 2005 National Book Award for his collected poems, Migration, the Pulitzer Prize, the Stevens Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and Lannan Foundation. He is the author of dozens of books of poetry and translations. He lives in Hawaii, where he cultivates endangered palm trees.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42650466124013,"sku":"9781556592331","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_99bfa3c9-d9c5-4abc-94ed-1320ebc334af.jpg?v=1649200940","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/present-company-9781556592331","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}