Stones becomes an ode to Young's home places and his dear departed, and to what of them-of us-poetry can save. A book of loss, looking back, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent, called one of the poetry. Stones by Kevin Young - Penguin Books Australia Published: 18 November 2021 ISBN: 9781473598102 Imprint: Vintage Digital Format: EBook Pages: 112 Categories: Poetry Share Stones Kevin Young Formats & editions EBook Tr. Whether it's the fireflies of a Louisiana summer caught in a mason jar (doomed by their collection), or his grandmother, Mama Annie, who latches the screen door when someone steps out for just a moment, all that makes up our flickering precarious joy, all that we want to protect, is lifted into the light in this moving book. 'Like heat he seeks them, / my son, thirsting / to learn those / he don't know / are his dead.' 'We sleep long, / if not sound,' Kevin Young writes early on in this exquisite gathering of poems, 'Till the end/ we sing / into the wind.' In scenes and settings that circle family and the generations in the American South-one poem, 'Kith,' exploring that strange bedfellow of 'kin'-the speaker and his young son wander among the stones of their ancestors.

Buy Now for 14.63 Buy Now for 14. Like heat he seeks them, / my son, thirsting / to learn those / he don't know / are his dead. Stones By: Kevin Young Narrated by: Kevin Young Free with 2 month trial 16.45/mo after 2 months. In scenes and settings that circle family and the generations in the American South-one poem, Kith, exploring that strange bedfellow of kin-the speaker and his young son wander among the stones of their ancestors.

We sleep long, / if not sound, Kevin Young writes early on in this exquisite gathering of poems, Till the end/ we sing / into the wind. A book of loss, looking back, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent, called one of the poetry stars of his generation ( Los Angeles Times).

Stones by kevin young