Honey and Salt

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In these seventy-seven poems, Carl Sand-bm-g eloquently celebrates the themes that have engaged him as a poet for over half a century—life, love, and death. Strongly lyrical, embracing life with wit, warmth, and affection, these luminous, intensely honest poems testify to man's courage, frailty, and tenderness, and to the enduring wonders of nature. They ask questions whose answers lie locked in the human heart and reveal, once again, why, although he has won international eminence as a biographer, historian, novelist, and journalist, Carl Sandburg is, first and foremost, America's favorite poet.
"A magnificent tribute to the rich and enduring vitality of a poetic genius whose creative power has in no way lessened with the passing years. Those qualities of 'steel and velvet,' or rock-hardness and and drifting-fog-softness, which this poet once attributed to Abraham Lincoln, are so perfectly blended in these poems that the reader is captivated by their alternate strength and... Tovább

Fülszöveg

In these seventy-seven poems, Carl Sand-bm-g eloquently celebrates the themes that have engaged him as a poet for over half a century—life, love, and death. Strongly lyrical, embracing life with wit, warmth, and affection, these luminous, intensely honest poems testify to man's courage, frailty, and tenderness, and to the enduring wonders of nature. They ask questions whose answers lie locked in the human heart and reveal, once again, why, although he has won international eminence as a biographer, historian, novelist, and journalist, Carl Sandburg is, first and foremost, America's favorite poet.
"A magnificent tribute to the rich and enduring vitality of a poetic genius whose creative power has in no way lessened with the passing years. Those qualities of 'steel and velvet,' or rock-hardness and and drifting-fog-softness, which this poet once attributed to Abraham Lincoln, are so perfectly blended in these poems that the reader is captivated by their alternate strength and tenderness, their pure lyricism and granite wisdom, their measure of honey and salt."
—Margaret Haley Carpenter, Chicago Tribune
"Carl Sandburg's poetic voice is as vibrant ' ^
as ever reflecting a warm, youthful appreciation " P
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—David Appel, Philadelphia Inquirer '!^
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