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The Sky Behind the Forest: Selected Poems
The Sky Behind the Forest Selected Poems Author:Liliana Ursu Romanian poet whose rich, spiritual, and sensual poems are comparable to those of Anna Akhmatova. Her poems yield a humanly political veracity which does not accede to cynicism, but seem to have witnessed with a clear gaze what had befallen her country, its people....She writes from a religious soul and the sustaining elements of her poems arise... more » from ritual and humility, from tenacious, mindful suffering, and deeply held religious practices and belief. Her voice is impetuous and full of a rushing audacity that can stab the consciousness by suddenly becoming stark and acute"" - Tess Gallagher.« less