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Carrie Fountain

    Carrie Fountain crafts her poetry and prose with a focus on the intricate weaving of personal and collective memory. Her stylistic precision and ability to evoke profound emotions make her works compelling explorations of identity and belonging. Fountain's masterful use of language offers readers a deeply resonant and engaging literary experience.

    The Life
    The Poem Forest: Poet W. S. Merwin and the Palm Tree Forest He Grew from Scratch
    • 2022

      William Stanley's lifelong quest for a personal wild space leads him from the confines of city life to the lush landscapes of Hawaii. After discovering the detrimental effects of toxic agriculture on the land, he becomes committed to restoring it. His vision includes cultivating one of the most extensive palm gardens globally, reflecting his deep connection to nature and desire for environmental healing. The journey highlights themes of restoration, connection to the earth, and the pursuit of a dream amidst ecological challenges.

      The Poem Forest: Poet W. S. Merwin and the Palm Tree Forest He Grew from Scratch
    • 2021

      The Life

      • 112 pages
      • 4 hours of reading
      4.1(154)Add rating

      An acclaimed poet deepens her exploration of the domestic in a new collection of playful and wise poems The poems in Carrie Fountain's third collection, The Life, exist somewhere, as Rilke says, between our daily life and the great work--an interstitial space where sidelong glances live alongside shouts to heaven. In elegant, colloquial language, Fountain observes her children dressing themselves in fledgling layers of personhood, creating their own private worlds and personalities, and makes room for genuine marvels in the midst of routine. Attuned to the delicate, fleeting moments that together comprise a life, these poems offer a guide by which to navigate the signs and symbols, and to pilot if not the perfect life, the only life, the life we are given.

      The Life