Garbage
A Poem
Winner of the National Book Award.
"A. R. Ammons's poem with the unforgettable title is a defense of meaning—'this,' the poet says, 'are awash in ideality.' Garbage is an epic of ideas: all life—not that of human beings alone, but every species—is shown to be part of an ultimate reality.
Eternity is here and now. The argument ranges widely with a wealth of images taken from science, and the world around us, the writing by turns impassioned and witty. For power of the thought and language, the poem takes its place alongside Whitman's Song of Myself—an American classic."—Citation for the 1993 National Book Award for Poetry
"Garbage . . . is made vibrant and surprising, rather than predictable, by the marvelous stuff that gets thrown up from the refined depths of Ammons' very individual mind. . . . It seems beautiful and necessary for those to whom poetry matters."—William H. Pritchard, Boston Globe
"[Garbage] . . . has a rueful grandeur and a characteristically splendid oddity. . . . In this major new installment to his life work, A. R. Ammons has given us an American testament that arcs toward praise."—Edward Hirsch, New York Times Book Review
A. R. Ammons (1926-2001) is one of the most celebrated poets of our time.
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