Dark Harbor (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Mark Strand
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Poetic sequence
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Love or romance, Self, Surrealism, New York City, Art or artists, Spiritual life or spirituality, Death or dying, Small-town life, Painting or painters, Life and death, Consciousness, Angels
The Poem
Dark Harbor is a book-length poem in unrhymed verse, divided into forty-five sections that are identified sequentially by roman numerals. There is also an introduction in verse entitled “Proem.” Each section, including “Proem,” is written in tercets, but six of the sections end with stanzas of only one or two lines.
The title resonates with echoes of some of Strand’s earlier books: Sleeping with One Eye Open, his first book of poems; Reasons for Moving, probably fueled by his life as the son of a salesman who moved his family too...
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