Traveling Light: Poems

by Linda Pastan

Overview

“Dark rhyming lyrics about love and impending loss. The poems may shake you, so be forewarned.”—Alan Cheuse, NPR

“[Linda Pastan’s] poems are skillfully written with lovely syntax and strong, evocative imagery. Surprising readers with subject and an occasional rhyme, Pastan proves once again that, 12 books later, she is a poet who can ground us, who can astound us. Essential reading for poetry lovers.”—Library Journal

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393342680
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	07/02/2012
Pages:	92
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Linda Pastan (1932–2023) was the author of fifteen volumes of poems. A two-time National Book Award finalist and former poet laureate of Maryland, her many honors include the Maurice English Award and the 2003 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Her poems have been translated into eight languages.