Here in paperback for the first time is the celebrated eleventh book of poems by Galway Kinnell. The bookβs title derives from Walt Whitmanβs βLast Invocationβ: βStrong is your hold O mortal flesh, / Strong is your hold O love.β In this striking collection, Kinnell gives us poems of intermingling with the natural world, love poems and evocations of sexuality, poems about his father, his children, poet friends, poet heroes, and mythic figures. Included also is βWhen the Towers Fell,β his stunning requiem for those who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. The collection also affords the singular experience of hearing the poet read his own work, with an extraordinary audio recording included on CD.
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