Klink, Joanna
The Nightfields
- ISBN 13:
- 9780143135395
- author:
- Klink, Joanna
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Plume
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 96
- Dimensions:
- 0.7 x 15.2 x 15.2 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Poetry, American, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
The Nightfields is a poignant and deeply personal collection of poems by Joanna Klink. It begins with poems that explore themes of loss and grief, including the removal of a tree and the end of a long-standing friendship.
As the collection unfolds, Klink grapples with the complexities of aging and the need to let go of things that no longer serve us. There are also elegies for friends lost, and a series of devotional poems that offer a sense of comfort and solace.
The book closes with a sequence of metaphysical poems inspired by James Turrell's Roden Crater, an extinct volcano in Arizona that has been transformed into an observatory for the perception of time. These poems reveal a gradual shift from fear to possibility and connection, offering a profound meditation on the human experience.