Sun in Days: Poems

Sun in Days: Poems

<p><strong>A groundbreaking new collection by a celebrated writer of “ambitious and dynamic poems” (<em>New York Times</em>).</strong></p><p>From the acclaimed poet and critic Meghan O’Rourke comes a powerful collection about the frailty of the body, the longing for a child, and the philosophical questions raised when the body goes dramatically awry. In formally ambitious poems and lyric essays, <em>Sun in Days</em> gives voice to the experience of illness, the permanence of loss, and invigorating moments of grace. Wresting a recuperative beauty from one’s days, O’Rourke traces an arc from loss and illness to the life force of pregnancy and motherhood. Along the way, she investigates a newfound existential awareness of all that vanishes. This is O’Rourke’s most ambitious book to date: unsentimental yet deeply felt, and characterized by the lyric precision and force of observation for which her work is known.</p><p>From “Idiopathic Illness”</p><p><em>What can be said? I came w/o a warranty,<br /> Stripped of me―or me-ish-ness―<br /> I was a will in a subpar body.<br /> I waxed toward all that waned inside.<br /></em></p>