LEADER 02909nam 2200589 450 001 9910790909803321 005 20230803221326.0 010 $a0-8229-7966-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000001280814 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001281883 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11759609 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001281883 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11374829 035 $a(PQKB)10520531 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2041615 035 $a(OCoLC)878918453 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse33266 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2041615 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10863075 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL602145 035 $a(OCoLC)880451487 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001280814 100 $a20140504h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSound of the ax $eaphorisms and poems by William Stafford /$fedited by Vincent Wixon and Paul Merchant 210 1$aPittsburgh, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pittsburgh Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (103 pages) 225 1 $aPitt Poetry Series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8229-6296-9 311 $a1-306-70894-X 330 $aSound of the Ax brings together for the first time over four hundred aphorisms and twenty-six aphoristic poems by one of America's most essential poets of the twentieth century. Many readers are familiar with the trenchant nature of William Stafford's poems, with lines such as "Justice will take us millions of intricate moves" and "Your job is to find what the world is trying to be," but have never had the opportunity to read a sustained selection from the thousands of wise, witty, and penetrating statements he created in over forty years of daily writing in his journal. In keeping with Stafford's varied interests, the aphorisms in Sound of the Ax explore many topics--war and peace, involvement, aging, appearances, fear, egotism, writing, nature, animals, suffering, faith, living an ethical life, and so on--with his incisive view. The poems are either made up entirely or primarily aphorisms, and range from the well-known "Things I Learned Last Week" to some never before collected. Readers will find much to enjoy and to think about here, and will return over and over to Sound of the Ax for inspiration, pleasure, and wisdom from an author noted for his integrity and mindful living. 410 0$aPitt poetry series. 606 $aAmerican poetry$y20th century 606 $aAphorisms and apothegms 615 0$aAmerican poetry 615 0$aAphorisms and apothegms. 676 $a811.5408 702 $aWixon$b Vincent 702 $aMerchant$b Paul 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790909803321 996 $aSound of the ax$93748730 997 $aUNINA