A. R. Ammons 
Sumerian Vistas: Poems [EPUB ebook] 

Ammons’s poetic genius has always been at home in forms ranging from brief lyrics to longer works.

In the present volume—the first since his highly acclaimed
Lake Effect Country—readers will find superb examples of work in both forms. ‘The Ridge Farm, ‘ which begins the book, and ‘Tombstones, ‘ at its center, are fine longer meditations, while ‘Motion’s Holdings, ‘ the concluding section, contains a number of his best new shorter poems. The book is proof, once again, that Ammons is one of our major American poets.

About the author

A. R. Ammons’s (1926–2001) was a two-time winner of the National Book Award and the recipient of a National Book Critics Circle Award. His many additional honors include the Academy of American Poets’ Wallace Stevens Award, the Bollingen Prize, the Poetry Society of America’s Robert Frost Medal, the Ruth Lilly Prize, and fellowships from the Guggenheim and Mac Arthur Foundations.