Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems

by Snyder, Gary

• ISBN13: 9781593760151
• ISBN10: 1593760159
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Counterpoint

Summary

Forty-five years ago, Gary Snyder’s first book of poems, Riprap, was published by Origin Press in a beautiful paperbound edition stitched Japanese-style. Around that time Snyder published his translations of Chinese poet Han-Shan’s Cold Mountain Poems in the sixth issue of the “Evergreen Review.” Thus was launched one of the most remarkable literary careers of the last century. It is a great gift for all readers to now have this seminal collection back in print.

Table of Contents

Riprap	p. 1
Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout	p. 3
The Late Snow & Lumber Strike of the Summer of Fifty-four	p. 4
Praise for Sick Women	p. 6
Piute Creek	p. 8
Milton by Firelight	p. 9
Above Pate Valley	p. 11
Water	p. 12
For a Far-out Friend	p. 13
Hay for the Horses	p. 15
Thin Ice	p. 16
Nooksack Valley	p. 17
All through the rains	p. 18
Migration of Birds	p. 19
Toji	p. 20
Higashi Hongwanji	p. 21
Kyoto: March	p. 22
A Stone Garden	p. 23
The Sappa Creek	p. 26
At five a.m. off the north coast of Sumatra...	p. 27
Goofing again...	p. 28
T-2 Tanker Blues	p. 29
Cartagena	p. 31
Riprap	p. 32
Cold Mountain Poems	p. 33
Afterword	p. 65
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