A Paper Horse

Name: A Paper Horse
Brand: My Store
SKU: LSBOKRW353
Price: 60.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Watson, Robert

60 USD

Date

1962

Category

Poetry

Description

Robert Watson. A Paper Horse. Atheneum, 1962.

Robert Watson's debut collection of poetry, published in 1962. Written with understated lyricism and emotional clarity, the poems reflect on love, loss, memory, and the ordinary disruptions of everyday life. A scarce first edition from the beginning of the poet's career.

Condition: Near fine.

Excerpt

Things in this life go wrong: zippers get stuck, The car won’t start, hearts break, whole cries slide Under in earthquakes, planes bomb people dead, Trains run late, checks bounce, mosquitoes bite And the wind sighs, “Tough luck, tough luck.” This top, earth, whirs indifferent to you, To me. He desert sizzles in the heart Ice cracks in the mind and tides gnaw our feet. Today I watch a cold rain fall and ask: “Why did you leave? I loved you. What went wrong?”