Hall, Donald  , 1928- <br/><br/>
The back chamber 
/ Donald Hall 
 - Boston  : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt  , 2011. 
 - 82 p.  ; 22 cm. 
<br/><br/> The first full-length volume of poems in a decade by former poet laureate of the United States Donald Hall.  In The Back Chamber, Donald Hall illuminates the evocative, iconic objects of deep memory--"a cowbell," "a white stone perfectly round," "a three-legged milking stool"--that serve to foreground the rich meditations on time and mortality that run through his remarkable new collection. While Hall's devoted readers will recognize many of his long-standing preoccupations--baseball, the family farm, love, sex, and friendship--what will strike them as new is the fierce, pitiless poignancy he reveals as his own life's end comes into view. The Back Chamber is far from being death-haunted but rather is lively, irreverent, sexy, hilarious, ironic, and sly--full of the life-affirming energy that has made Donald Hall one of America's most popular and enduring poets. 
<br/><br/> US Poet Laureate 2006-7 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780547645858 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011009152 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poetry, American
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3515.A3152  / B33 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>811.54 HAL