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Two New Books by Veteran Moore and Novice Booth
"LIKE A BULWARK" by Mari- there, blessedly present in such the inan who does not denirate, rined stmps; as his seeds
anne Moore, New York, Vik- a pom as Rosemary," shich con- depecite reach down to bear,
eludes: dnunciate he will in his first yield kneel'
ing Press; 32 pages; $2.50. Spinging" fromi stones beside A "citadel of leninmg is not down,
By R. C. GREGIORY the sia, n+:c ss'rs''y a toots of wisdirom ad rooted where his praises mount.
the hliuhi of Christ swheri some
ELEVEN short poems are note thirty-tr- hasi" losit power sot coi- These lines, swhich coitlude the{
miny from whlich to make a' not hiher -iteedn irie ad psi iso first peo, "This Land," reveal
book for amsost aisy iving poete- ote bee thikin", liceise emancipates the mood ird attitrde, maintain
cept Mariansne Moore. Feswer lua au iths a idtmsb language", is in on ed to an aplroiiat degree
eighty poems contitute her Col- riaty ae le quasi-modish couster- throusghout the colectiin.
led ed Poem of 152. s0 her new a kind of Christnmas-tre. fi,
book Lie A Bulwark louy be ac- Atutar itioin of Splendor" is Mitiis pioof in" conscience MR er BOOTH'S asaemsaisv re, iii dif-
counted rest esent inia aitierairy ' aporcupimneopression against icharacternt,-aoal lrepomins,
career inos' in its fourth dec'ade ati resistanie, anid Dieer, too hywth"lumnd ys. 'e The things he cares about and i
Praise is harder to re'idsr Itshaiindthesscombination, c e h shoItulait idtth the themes he explores are not t
diinnaio: io oudhoeassicsemasa ltte onos rotsb cnisustltanisatower."And those ho uncomon-the changiig se'sons, .
called for, bt one sishes fioi a 'bsolutslIsrighjt:
smlecpnt utsier"tie t'' Masre should be lea sd that do isMo a esd romantic love, fiig, children, c
Iaragiaph that w ol]douto Miss its ,niil saidsencfoosodaotin yass"BWho poetry lamdcapes What is n- 1
Mocre s.sIust sasage. i a is', wacrer, and ra thes ca~use the herst is in it all is well," common is his capacity for seeingd
Miss Mioore's poetry has sion than figh,-t the primets quili, old themes with a frank, liely in-
ofnT IawFdiom, hut ths apps l.ilj' Sfal e- oiressor, intruder "LETTER FROM A DISTANT tere t nd an aritrarily personal
She is a ditiutl poet bcc'ses she insister, you hare fossnd a( LAND,' by Philip Boot; discriminiation that leas allj
is a gosooneiaid because she dis esistor. NewYok The Viking 00s ohrpetyot fcut o h
likes the pnossvof ]otry ans lIt iri vilsge to s5osseha o(Yorures aoirototo f cou iv n for the
pulousst, evens isthlessly avoids confusion"t 1957; 87 pages; $300. bidwtha tcerlfi'to
it. There is noise of this familiarACOMLSE pe a the writing of the poem sndc
amaiouss poetic landscaipe i h '1fE finasl pocus 'Btissed is the I, theeaftrMtotheSifeDfptoepoes'ss
aork. Her psiess isre deses stic strin" the. Phi Beta Kappa ( nonc isl nafr among its readers.
ht not of life iscdnts ides,, poenm at Cousmbhia, 156f, i te sook of poems: anyone oscare Thoreau isrote onrc: I 'isisaa-
at or amythaingu specificec fuss biest in thei ook ad one of the, about miow uoety willI w'an to ways suk by the cntaity of
tastic use of detail notewithstad- finest thin'gs Sitss Moore Ias swrit- r;'d Philip Booth's Letter Fomo the obsemrver's position He always
mng ten, mat technimcsaly pcirlips, bu' A Distant La nd, In n age fed omt, ais fiontimg the middle of tie
Readn let"boo, wth te ds crtanlyin siri an wi, M ss uueriuuives, there are no fresh ; ach, amd does ot suspctat first
trus ofmerts he resribs, t 1 v~are' otryusullyis on-i cuues to describe the senstion of' that a thousand hils bhold th
is hrd o sy te pemsareabot' vnntona indicionandsynaxhigh discoery Let it soply be 'sunt sky fiuom equally favorble
anythin" or thuat theys ay -;an0umd oveciheasuchouthoughlt-alud in -' -iiu. hs ako upc
toe hspe sdrc drsjsaid tiat Mr. Booth hais aclae dhiuu hiseakvfusedco
sthus". It is plasi hhattif,'Missipirthisuwoim ugdiii ciyadoress
rooxrrc.real poetry, Iis owniapery. issuatsihst's'snype
Moose hIs snot uruasd essirsthinsg in ierhpsnstu sstuseyhis peuiar ann5,e of visions.Like-n
sight, shes il hae efore se Ineweciotdiatic its'n'wise,' it gives the ot his asrute h
swries hi-c met poe m rod eais1shauausisu u luyco- of 1tltr Bohl's poemsa consider-s
1 pod- mudnscholad ri ls wciithe'mous mid ,ed entire is the in suiming but !uity to cormpose l's pocusn
gious 5reaudinuais a 5refimning po si dfr hi eeoyadsuch way5a situs hs radcrer not t
ces; the qiuotatioms ions fromo itdeectatonsue c oldmnevsr beurfoud ssnse of csaincui moly to accept it butassre sg-
have measinsiat ll suits as she iThee ares manyuwu asf ben sg ci- hsumaaun life. Poets hae ee a' sfcantts to thnk Ghat had the s
titances themusiusansusussetthngs.S-Ir cactuc' one cusris' deliver le- i ng fornuite a whiletlthitos t ii reases witten the poem he could ;I
poetryi s n I("'-nis l'fomsald ch' ly on shomissle s naske -te ie f suittua iu55hiss close it no other way.
on~fulmaentigmpratt a s likiteiiu prsschusatwygstrs rrasen , sorbssins'mel toIssurie the "Susmusthu gz Delilhthen, coms from aa
lisstihsunin usthu i et scu 5 ssI clts uirect1requires ewisdom Oiler''right iiround Ithe cuss lkr reelunrust sraLi ememt b r t is eemu
sad isitbothiof wi uch many oc- MI sss unesr ss'estinhodeandeseislet cseth oma
x'_LCiswuluttcall this pirocess,5 551ipuuts of sole mn chesusnot only:nrlgti utifueusdci 'tu'ep 555 1cusnCn
- the acluiees ssst 51of ecise akbt sc aunsot apprenciate us oti- EGetl but rathesr oonOf siiul i -se niiu"Ins anothe posm o Saing{
ems Mis Moouc sassregenerations thuat concue;dns is5 ot eascr for the sason's lusngr
correatires, Juyce Es'ipssls'ssses Moliriuastu"selforeutasst luteraryhstoy Ms.Boohi mates
MissMooe s'i~mi'rv as Hlsssd u ths Mumsdespair: this my not be Fie I S us r s n t' reckless breathless, -
dens uithsrseat toads usathem." who does mut sitisothe seat ofbu"tewrdigentopw:whc haben oebfrea
Whtvrnmd otcprocess is, the scoffer ss on not to be ot-which
- ',- mass often has been avi'se-baut this!
- might seen susable, lure, to clear is still a fresh costribution; it
Slung viiw from the tangled;, cosnludnes:
sladous's.
Wheno timeu is a troutlily yelowvi-
L d NKE -Yet ho ill hossead heure, as sum,ahat widflowers ieather(e
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for shade and ther's maidien
hair ferns
to gather,
Noe' blossomu is bloodroot is sap-
is Sprisig, and true s arbutus,
w'ere nee'. Words are a ruisn
no animals heed, so kiss
mue to silence; this wood
is for you.
4AND wsith Mor. Booth giing "I-
stroctions in the Art," fishing
seems much es suaint a pas-
tose, The point at which h
meanss more thian a trout is,
...the giast beauty that you
cast ton ...," so fuses iii its ex-
pression amd thought that oe n-
erstands 'liy
- maens fie
huarbs not toward food
or troushie', ut for lck
they cannot keep,
But lest this isasasumd ases,s,
nismportant thsine" Ventor com-
hludes eithi the Isardest purnf
the lesson
.I pav you patience
for that tug and mse
the risen image
that outleapsa the rapid;
in one illimitable
arc: to paisec
but not to puize
Many of the poems mas ke some
implicit commet about poetry
sef; poetsra' exceptin" life, smight
ue called Mu Booth'sopsie pre-
ccupation. For hum poety seems
ao be a side variets of cnodiios
and locationsmnot at all 'a'm-
site'st eciept as maude so b' thec
oet's mnd expriesssng itself, Isa
'Chart 120th-Puonsbscot aysn
Approaches" he sas of saiiing
sluat cani hi'sa'idlof winmg poetry:
Who een oks a storm to
windeward, sails
isa rain, or naigates ini isanud
must reckon from tihe swunmg
1esd, fu 05 5squsO1
o clieek; must bear by com-
puas, chart, and log,
These things a sailor must do ad
till be sensiive of danger only
utuuitiona reveas, the kind of re-
lationus scarcely less imortat to
oet thans to sailor, Chaurts and
0ons ansI leads do not acount for
:hostsiips or suudne adaluads
is-. here rocks sander, he
steers dosn the chiasnel that
his- courane
dredges. He knsows'the chart is
niot the sea,
ITlE TITLE POEM,-la tst ini thec
book, is a long, close con-
nutary on costemporary life
that posacsss a special tone b-
cause it is less the acutely obique
social-commentary, les the care-
fully drawnoboservation siths
icarcely ismpied judgements, less
abombastic refusal to mourn,
than smost poetry these last yeas's
"Letter From A Distant Lnd"
squite nakedly concerned with
eimg-not with Mybe, but with
Is. It fulfills awhat it intends, ac-
:ordimu to its epiraph from
Ihoscaus:
L, on my side, require of every
saliter, first or last, a simple
and sincere account ot huis00-m
life--. ome sucha account as
hie would send to his kindrd
trmsa distant and; for it is
has ied sunerely, it mussi
have beens in a distant lad to
the upsit tells Thsoreausiwhere he
iress "shslay;aIsalwaysebetween
man airieldsaId syos ums tosd,-huuui-
i,-a withinssthe hosuse Imoed to
soy hi' borrowngi" ehicha imliesc
usgrt de at aboaut how tan lives,
lut maucnhaThore'su wiaut ced
Isiutha sas. iuthu eenuy eausped
sice TIhouraus vemt to the posn
to drivc lit' lust a cornser, but if
jeu- out ruacethirisdotublhe h-
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