Boening, Justin

Not On the Last Day, but On the Very Last: Poems

ISBN: 9781571314871
Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 2016. First Edition. Softcover. "I see so little/ these days, I think/ I must be alive./ And yet these leaves/ go clattering./ And yet these leaves./ Please accept/ our sincerest/ apologies, they say./ A blade of grass/ that thought/ it was a tree and was right./ Is there another world?/ Is it this one?/ Is there another world?/ Is it this one?" ("Field Kabuki," pg. 49 & front flap) A collection of poems by Justin Boening, the acclaimed, prize-winning American poet & editor. As the canonical American poet John Ashbery (1927-2017) wrote in his laudatory blurb on back cover, "Justin Boening's lines consistently elude our expectations, but somehow encourage and fulfill them in doing so. Surprise is a recurring texture throughout these shimmering poems, and no wonder, when 'we changed our laws as often as our laws allowed.' Not on the Last Day, but on the Very Last is a stunning achievement." Softcover original in wrappers with flaps, first edition as stated on copyright page, first printing as indicated by number sequence thereon. A part of publisher's National Poetry Series & selected by Wayne Miller, the esteemed American poet, editor & academician, as noted on front cover. From the collection of Allen Tobias, assistant to Allen Ginsberg beginning in the 1960s, critic, author, all-around Man of Letters & our good friend & esteemed colleague at the European Beat Studies Network (ebsn.eu). A rewarding Boening collectible with distinguished provenance. In very fine condition with only very mild rubbing, faint scratching to front, back covers & spine; a bit of wear & a few tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same & flaps; one small, unpronounced crease near upper left corner of back cover/ upper right corner of rear flap. Very Fine. [Item #5555]

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