pickWhile Carver is best known for his fiction, he wrote a great deal of poetry in his lifetime and this book gathers all the poems, including several not included in his published collections. Like his stories, his poems concern the domestic life, relationships, alcohol, and rivers. The collection charts his growth as a poet, particularly near the end of his life as he found love and happiness while also battling the cancer that killed him.
pickA great, if very sad at times, collection of his poems. Still, a great poet (if not so great a man maybe) gone too soon.
One of my favorite poems. And it‘s perfect for today.
Woke up this morning with
a terrific urge to lie in bed all day
and read.
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#everyday
Poem: Betrayal
like bad credit
begins with the fingers
their lies
Three simple lines makes up this beautiful poem.
"Put myself entirely in the keep of this rainy morning."
Happy Poetry Day!
Happy National Poetry Day! Here is one of my favorite poems! #nationalpoetryday
I'm really frustrated with my poetry class. They are constantly judging and antagonizing . I just keep thinking that if Raymond Carver was my professor, he would tell them that they are not all that. I'm in a bad mood tonight.
"You have to be in love to write poetry / and you don't know what it is to be in love/ that's your trouble."
I'm really enjoying his collection of poems. Raymond Carver makes me believe that poetry can be beautiful if it's personal, not totally understood and simple all at the same time. I'm struggling with my poetry class because the other students want everything to be known within a poem and I don't agree. There can be some mystery. Poetry is ultimately subjective.
Sometimes in the middle of reading a novel I'll take a short break and read some poetry. A poetic intermission while I head to the concession stand.
All of Us: The Collected Poems | 
