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The Wild Iris

Louise Glück

84 pages

About this book

This collection of stunningly beautiful poems encompasses the natural, human, and spiritual realms, and is bound together by the universal themes of time and mortality. With clarity and sureness of craft, Gluck's poetry questions, explores, and finally celebrates the ordeal of being alive.

Themes
Heartfelt & EmotionalPhilosophy & Big IdeasSpiritually ChargedMysteriousQuietly DevastatingThe passage of time and its impact on the soulThe search for meaning in existenceThe intersection of nature and human emotion
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