PLANT DREAMING DEEP

by May Sarton ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 31, 1967

When poet May Sarton moved to Nelson, New Hampshire, she brought to her new old house an ancestral portrait and the furniture her parents had willed her. She also brought doubt, hopes, dreams, above all, openness to emotion, all of which is dilated here. There was the house: ""I had first to dream the house alive inside myself""...""Everything has been prepared as if for a guest, and I am the guest of the house."" Neighbors happened (""I must add to the lifegiving silences of Nelson Quig's way of listening to a poem""), as did handymen, and guests. There was gardening, and writing; there were the occasions of the town, Town Meeting, Old Home Day. Mostly there is Miss Sarton, whose ingenuous insistence and intensity will have a certain appeal for her audience.

Pub Date: Jan. 31, 1967

ISBN: 0393315517

Page Count: -

Publisher: Norton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1967

Categories: NONFICTION