Stones becomes an ode to Young's home places and his dear departed, and to what of them - of us - poetry can save. Whether it's the fireflies of a Louisiana summer caught in a mason jar (doomed by their collection), or his grandmother, Mama Annie, who latches the screen door when someone steps out for just a moment, all that makes up our flickering precarious joy, all that we want to protect, is lifted into the light in this moving book.
"Like heat he seeks them, / my son, thirsting / to learn those / he don't know / are his dead." Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. "We sleep long, / if not sound," Kevin Young writes early on in this exquisite gathering of poems, "Till the end / we sing / into the wind." In scenes and settings that circle family and the generations in the American South - one poem, "Kith", exploring that strange bedfellow of "kin" - the speaker and his young son wander among the stones of their ancestors. Stones Poems By: Kevin Young Narrated by: Kevin Young Length: 51 mins 5.0 (1 rating) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. Stones becomes an ode to Young's home places and his dear departed, and to what of them - of us - poetry can save.A book of loss, looking back, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent, called "one of the poetry stars of his generation" ( Los Angeles Times ). From Knopf Publishing Group: A book of loss, looking back, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent, called one of. Whether it's the fireflies of a Louisiana summer caught in a mason jar (doomed by their collection), or his grandmother, Mama Annie, who latches the screen door when someone steps out for just a moment, all that makes up our flickering, precarious joy, all that we want to protect, is lifted into the light in this moving book. 'Like heat he seeks them, / my son, thirsting / to learn those / he don't know / are his dead.' 'We sleep long, / if not sound,' Kevin Young writes early on in this exquisite gathering of poems, 'Till the end / we sing / into the wind.' In scenes and settings that circle family and the generations in the American South - one poem, 'Kith', exploring that strange bedfellow of 'kin' - the speaker and his young son wander among the stones of their ancestors.
A book of loss, looking back at what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent: "one of the poetry stars of his generation" - Los Angeles Times
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