{"product_id":"the-old-coastline-selected-poems-of-m-vasalis-9781936671557","title":"The Old Coastline: Selected Poems of M. Vasalis","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe has been called \"the Dutch Elizabeth Bishop.\" These are poems that readers cherish for their intensity, intimacy, and cinematic effects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIMULTANEITY\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e Six in the evening, in the kitchen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe little dog with pricked-up ears, \u003cbr\u003e the potatoes boiling on the stove, \u003cbr\u003e the wooden tick of the clock - the sky\u003cbr\u003e far and gray-blue and the jewelweeds, \u003cbr\u003e tall as people. The pasture\u003cbr\u003e with uneven tussocks and their shadows, \u003cbr\u003e like drawings in a cave. And the knifelike light\u003cbr\u003e that burns through the leaves, a glittering mystery.\u003cbr\u003e And I - another creature, watching it.\u003cbr\u003e It blends together and it doesn't change.\u003cbr\u003e Oh Lord. I feel that something ought\u003cbr\u003e to be made clear to me. That I've been granted time, \u003cbr\u003e and yet, however overwhelmed I am, \u003cbr\u003e something is missing that would help me say: this order, \u003cbr\u003e however slipshod it may be: I see it, I'm awakened.\u003cbr\u003e Forgive my deafness and my lack of seeing, \u003cbr\u003e and hold me in your greatness - I am small, \u003cbr\u003e but have, as well, too many tentacles\u003cbr\u003e that grope in the different-being Being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eM. Vasalis (1909-1998) was the pen name of Margaretha Drooglever-Fortuyn-Leenmans, a Dutch psychiatrist who specialized in children. Her poems come out of her life, her experience of the natural world, her professional practice, and her family relations. They arise from the pressure of occasion and necessity rather from an ambition to originality or greatness--their relative modesty is one of their secret strengths. Vasalis remains one of the most widely read and admired poets of her language and country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12517282\"\u003eM. Vasalis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pinyon Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936671557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936671557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FAM\"\u003eFamily \u0026amp; Relationships\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FAM000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-NAT\"\u003eNature\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-NAT000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pinyon Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45815882973359,"sku":"9781936671557","price":22.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_3939a7b4-0f4d-42e5-be9d-30d1bdb0ec0c.jpg?v=1756152370","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-old-coastline-selected-poems-of-m-vasalis-9781936671557","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}