To Urania

by Joseph Brodsky

Release Date: September, 1988

Edition: Hardcover

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Speaks to hearts today

Joseph Brodsky is a poet of insight and wisdom. Sometimes difficult, but always thought provoking, Brodsky does not leave the reader unaffected. To Urania contains what is possibly my favorite Brodsky poem, "Lithuanian Nocturne." One line in particular haunts my memory:

"Avenging, its permanence, a
place stuffs time with a tenant, a lodger--
with a life-form, and throws up the latch."

Though sometimes distant, To Urania manages to do what the best of poetry does...it reaches across time and culture to speak to hearts today.