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by Jonathan Weinert (Author)
A haunting exploration of mortality, nature, and the human condition through contemporary verse.
A Slow Green Sleep takes a long, unflinching look at the cycle of life and death, from prehistoric times to possible futures. Jonathan Weinert's poems give voice to those in fresh and ancient graves, inviting readers to contemplate humanity's place in the world. Can we learn to value what truly matters and find beauty in the face of decay?
These poems offer resting places for reflection, embracing the world as it is and as it will be. Through vivid imagery and thought-provoking language, Weinert challenges us to consider our relationship with nature, our fellow humans, and our own mortality. A collection for those who seek meaning in impermanence and beauty in the inevitable.
Author Biography
Jonathan Weinert is the author of A Slow Green Sleep, winner of the 2019 Saturnalia Books Editors Prize, In the Mode of Disappearance, winner of the 2008 Nightboat Books Poetry Prize, and Thirteen Small Apostrophes, a chapbook. He is co-editor, with Kevin Prufer, of Until Everything Is Continuous Again: American Poets on the Recent Work of W. S. Merwin (WordFarm, 2012). Jonathan has been awarded the Copper Nickel Editors' Prize in Poetry, as well as fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Ucross Foundation, and Caldera Arts. He lives in Stow, Massachusetts.
