Poems, 1962-2012 /

Glck's poetry resists collection. With each successive book her drive to leave behind what came before has grown more fierce. She invented a form to accommodate this need, the book-length sequence of poems

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Glück, Louise, 1943-, Glück, Louise, 1943-2023 (Author), Glück, Louise, 1943-, Glück, Louise, 1943-2023
Corporate Authors: Leonard L. Milberg Collection of American Poetry, Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays (Brown University) Poetry, 1951-1975
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux : Ecco, 2012
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux ; Ecco Press, 2012
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux ; Ecco, 2012
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2012
New York : 2012
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • FIRSTBORN (1968)
  • I Egg
  • Chicago Train
  • Egg
  • Thanksgiving
  • Hesitate to Call
  • My Cousin in April
  • Returning a Lost Child
  • Labor Day
  • Wound
  • Silverpoint
  • Early December in Croton-on-Hudson
  • II. Edge
  • Edge
  • Grandmother in the Garden
  • Pictures of the People in the War
  • Racer's Widow
  • Portrait of the Queen in Tears
  • Bridal Piece
  • My Neighbor in the Mirror
  • My Life Before Dawn
  • Lady in the Single
  • Cripple in the Subway
  • Nurse's Song
  • Seconds
  • Letter from Our Man in Blossomtime
  • Cell
  • Islander
  • Letter from Provence
  • Memo from the Cave
  • Firstborn
  • La Force
  • Game
  • III. Cottonmouth Country
  • Cottonmouth Country
  • Phenomenal Survivals of Death in Nantucket
  • Easter Season
  • Scraps
  • Tree House
  • Meridian
  • Late Snow
  • To Florida
  • Slave Ship
  • Solstice
  • Inlet
  • Saturnalia
  • HOUSE ON MARSHLAND (1975)
  • I. All Hallows
  • All Hallows
  • Pond
  • Gretel in Darkness
  • For My Mother
  • Archipelago
  • Magi
  • Shad-blow Tree
  • Messengers
  • Murderess
  • Flowering Plum
  • Nativity Poem
  • To Autumn
  • Still Life
  • For Jane Myers
  • Gratitude
  • Poem
  • School Children
  • Jeanne d'Arc
  • Departure
  • Gemini
  • II. Apple Trees
  • Undertaking
  • Pomegranate
  • Brennende Liebe
  • Abishag
  • 12.6.71
  • Love Poem
  • Northwood Path
  • Fire
  • Fortress
  • Here Are My Black Clothes
  • Under Taurus
  • Swimmer
  • Letters
  • Japonica
  • Apple Trees
  • DESCENDING FIGURE (1980)
  • I. Garden
  • Drowned Children
  • Garden
  • Palais des Arts
  • Pieta
  • Descending Figure
  • Thanksgiving
  • II. Mirror
  • Epithalamium
  • Illuminations
  • Mirror
  • Portrait
  • Tango
  • Swans
  • Night Piece
  • Portland, 1968
  • Porcelain Bowl
  • Dedication to Hunger
  • Happines
  • III. Lamentations
  • Autumnal
  • Aubade
  • Aphrodite
  • Rosy
  • Dream of Mourning
  • Gift
  • World Breaking Apart
  • Return
  • Lamentations
  • TRIUMPH OF ACHILLES (1985)
  • I. Mock Orange
  • Metamorphosis
  • Brooding Likeness
  • Exile
  • Winter Morning
  • Seated Figure
  • Mythic Fragment
  • Hyacinth
  • Triumph of Achilles
  • Baskets
  • Liberation
  • II. Embrace
  • Marathon
  • Summer
  • III. Reproach
  • End of the World
  • Mountain
  • Parable
  • Day Without Night
  • Elms
  • Adult Grief
  • Hawk's Shadow
  • From the Japanese
  • Legend
  • Morning
  • Horse
  • ARARAT (1990)
  • Parodos
  • Fantasy
  • Novel
  • Labor Day
  • Lover of Flowers
  • Widows
  • Confession
  • Precedent
  • Lost Love
  • Lullaby
  • Mount Ararat
  • Appearances
  • Untrustworthy Speaker
  • Fable
  • New World
  • Birthday
  • Brown Circle
  • Children Coming Home from School
  • Animals
  • Saints
  • Yellow Dahlia
  • Cousins
  • Paradise
  • Child Crying Out
  • Snow
  • Terminal Resemblance
  • Lament
  • Mirror Image
  • Children Coming Home from School
  • Amazons
  • Celestial Music
  • First Memory
  • WILD IRIS (1992)
  • Wild Iris
  • Matins
  • Matins
  • Trillium
  • Lamium
  • Snowdrops
  • Clear Morning
  • Spring Snow
  • End of Winter
  • Matins
  • Matins
  • Scilla
  • Retreating Wind
  • Garden
  • Hawthorn Tree
  • Love in Moonlight
  • April
  • Violets
  • Witchgrass
  • Jacob's Ladder
  • Matins
  • Matins
  • Song
  • Field Flowers
  • Red Poppy
  • Clover
  • Matins
  • Heaven and Earth
  • Doorway
  • Midsummer
  • Vespers
  • Vespers
  • Vespers
  • Daisies
  • End of Summer
  • Vespers
  • Vespers
  • Vespers
  • Early Darkness
  • Harvest
  • White Rose
  • Ipomoea
  • Presque Isle
  • Retreating Light
  • Vespers
  • Vespers: Parousia
  • Vespers
  • Vespers
  • Sunset
  • Lullaby
  • Silver Lily
  • September Twilight
  • Gold Lily
  • White Lilies
  • MEADOWLANDS (1996)
  • Penelope's Song
  • Cana
  • Quiet Evening
  • Ceremony
  • Parable of the King
  • Moonless Night
  • Departure
  • Ithaca
  • Telemachus' Detachment
  • Parable of the Hostages
  • Rainy Morning
  • Parable of the Trellis
  • Telemachus' Guilt
  • Anniversary
  • Meadowlands 1
  • Telemachus' Kindness
  • Parable of the Beast
  • Midnight
  • Siren
  • Meadowlands 2
  • Marina
  • Parable of the Dove
  • Telemachus' Dilemma
  • Meadowlands 3
  • Rock
  • Circe's Power
  • Telemachus' Fantasy
  • Parable of Flight
  • Odysseus' Decision
  • Nostos
  • Butterfly
  • Circe's Torment
  • Circe's Grief
  • Penelope's Stubbornness
  • Telemachus' Confession
  • Void
  • Telemachus' Burden
  • Parable of the Swans
  • Purple Bathing Suit
  • Parable of Faith
  • Reunion
  • Dream
  • Otis
  • Wish
  • Parable of the Gift
  • Heart's Desire
  • VITA NOVA (1999)
  • Vita Nova
  • Aubade
  • Queen of Carthage
  • Open Grave
  • Unwritten Law
  • Burning Heart
  • Roman Study
  • New Life
  • Formaggio
  • Timor Mortis
  • Lute Song
  • Orfeo
  • Descent to the Valley
  • Garment
  • Condo
  • Immortal Love
  • Earthly Love
  • Eurydice
  • Castile
  • Mutable Earth
  • Winged Horse
  • Earthly Terror
  • Golden Bough
  • Evening Prayers
  • Relic
  • Nest
  • Ellsworth Avenue
  • Inferno
  • Seizure
  • Mystery
  • Lament
  • Vita Nova
  • SEVEN AGES (2001)
  • Seven Ages
  • Moonbeam
  • Sensual World
  • Mother and Child
  • Fable
  • Solstice
  • Stars
  • Youth
  • Exalted Image
  • Reunion
  • Radium
  • Birthday
  • Ancient Text
  • From a Journal
  • Island
  • Destination
  • Balcony
  • Copper Beech
  • Study of My Sister
  • August
  • Summer at the Beach
  • Rain in Summer
  • Civilization
  • Decade
  • Empty Glass
  • Quince Tree
  • Traveler
  • Arboretum
  • Dream of Lust
  • Grace
  • Fable
  • Muse of Happiness
  • Ripe Peach
  • Unpainted Door
  • Mitosis
  • Eros
  • Ruse
  • Time
  • Memoir
  • Saint Joan
  • Aubade
  • Screened Porch
  • Summer Night
  • Fable
  • AVERNO (2006)
  • Night Migrations
  • October
  • Persephone the Wanderer
  • Prism
  • Crater Lake
  • Echoes
  • Fugue
  • Evening Star
  • Landscape
  • Myth of Innocence
  • Archaic Fragment
  • Blue Rotunda
  • Myth of Devotion
  • Averno
  • Omens
  • Telescope
  • Thrush
  • Persephone the Wanderer
  • VILLAGE LIFE (2009)
  • Twilight
  • Pastoral
  • Tributaries
  • Noon
  • Before the Storm
  • Sunset
  • In the Cafe
  • In the Plaza
  • Dawn
  • First Snow
  • Earthworm
  • At the River
  • Corridor
  • Fatigue
  • Burning Leaves
  • Walking at Night
  • Via delle Ombre
  • Hunters
  • Slip of Paper
  • Bats
  • Burning Leaves
  • March
  • Night in Spring
  • Harvest
  • Confession
  • Marriage
  • Primavera
  • Eags
  • At the Dance
  • Solitude
  • Larthworm
  • Olive Trees
  • Sunrise
  • Warm Day
  • Burning Leaves
  • Crossroads
  • Bats
  • Abundance
  • Midsummer
  • Threshing
  • Village Life.
  • Firstborn (1968)
  • The house on marshland (1975)
  • Descending figure (1980)
  • The triumph of Achilles (1985)
  • Ararat (1990)
  • The wild iris (1992)
  • Meadowlands (1996)
  • Vita nova (1999)
  • The seven ages (2001)
  • Averno (2006)
  • A village life (2009)
  • Firstborn (1968)
  • The house on marshland (1975)
  • Descending figure (1980)
  • The triumph of Achilles (1985)
  • Ararat (1990)
  • The wild iris (1992)
  • Meadowlands (1996)
  • Vita nova (1999)
  • The seven ages (2001)
  • Averno (2006)
  • A village life (2009)