May day

by Phillis Levin

"May day is a work of visionary imagination. In tones playful and celebratory, in gestures both intimate and international, Levin's poems explore how tenderness and violence change our lives. From a flood engulfing the Prague zoo to the "noiseless explosions" of time in the blooming of a flower, they stir the senses and intellect, disclosing new thresholds of meaning."--Back cover.