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This volume of Alvin Feinman's poems presents a highly praised earlier work, __Preambles and Other Poems__, combined with more recent poems. Of __Preambles__ Allen Tate wrote, "This is a remarkable first book. . . . There is an acute and subtle sensibility at work. 'Pilgrim Heights' is one of the best poems by an American that I have seen in many years.' " From "Pilgrim Heights" Something, something, the heart here Misses, something it knows it needs Unable to bless--the wind passes; A swifter shadow sweeps the reeds, The heart a colder contrast brushes. So this fool, face-forward, belly Pressed among the rushes, plays out His pulse to the dune's long slant Down from blue to bluer element, The bold encompassing drink of air And namelessness, a length compound Of want and oneness the shore's mumbling Distantly tells--something a wing's Dry pivot stresses, carved Through barrens of stillness and glare. Originally published in 1990. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important b

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Author

Feinman, Alvin

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

1990

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400860616

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Poetry, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.62 / 5 (62 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14