Dark Harbor

A Poem

By Mark Strand | Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

About the book

Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Strand gives us a poem in forty-five sections that—despite its wide range and shifting mood and tone—is all of a piece. Here Strand speaks candidly to the reader, conversing, offering urban wit and surrealist digressions that draw on our innermost sensations and the outermost reaches of our reality:

Is what exists a souvenir of the time
Of the great nought and deep night without stars
The time before the universe began?
 
When we look at each other and see nothing
Is that not a confirmation that we are less
Than meets the eye and embody some of
 
The night of our origins?
 
A timeless pursuit of timeless questions, Dark Harbor centers on uncertainty and the known, family and isolation, the possible and the real. The poems in this book are easily recognizable as the world of one of our most interesting and influential poets.

Editions of Dark Harbor

Hardcover
ISBN 9780679418863
Paperback
ISBN 9780679752790

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Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Strand gives us a poem in forty-five sections that—despite its wide range and shifting mood and tone—is all of a piece. Here Strand speaks candidly to the reader, conversing, offering urban wit and surrealist digressions that draw on our innermost sensations and the outermost reaches of our reality:

Is what exists a souvenir of the time
Of the great nought and deep night without stars
The time before the universe began?
 
When we look at each other and see nothing
Is that not a confirmation that we are less
Than meets the eye and embody some of
 
The night of our origins?
 
A timeless pursuit of timeless questions, Dark Harbor centers on uncertainty and the known, family and isolation, the possible and the real. The poems in this book are easily recognizable as the world of one of our most interesting and influential poets.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dark Harbor about?

Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Strand gives us a poem in forty-five sections that—despite its wide range and shifting mood and tone—is all of a piece. Here Strand speaks candidly to the reader, conversing, offering urban wit and surrealist digressions that draw on our innermost sensations and the outermost reaches of our reality:

Is what exists a souvenir of the time
Of the great nought and deep night without stars
The time before the universe began?
 
When we look at each other and see nothing
Is that not a confirmation that we are less
Than meets the eye and embody some of
 
The night of our origins?
 
A timeless pursuit of timeless questions, Dark Harbor centers on uncertainty and the known, family and isolation, the possible and the real. The poems in this book are easily recognizable as the world of one of our most interesting and influential poets.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Dark Harbor?

Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Poetry / Poems

Where can I read a sample of Dark Harbor?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780679418863

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Dark Harbor?

Mark Strand

Who is the Publisher of the book Dark Harbor?

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Dark Harbor is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780679418863) and paperback(ISBN 9780679752790)

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