The Shadow of Sirius
W.S. Merwin.
Copper Canyon Press: 2008. First edition. Hardcover in a dust jacket. Near fine.
Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
"The old grieving autumn goes on calling to its summer
the valley is calling to other valleys beyond the ridge
each star is roaring alone into darkness
there is not a sound in the whole night
and here we are
with our names for the days
the vast days that do not listen to us"
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