The Golden Road
By Rachel Hadas
2012
First Published
3.43
Average Rating
92
Number of Pages
A central theme of The Golden Road is the prolonged dementia of the poet’s husband. But Rachel Hadas’s new collection sets the loneliness of progressive loss in the context of the continuities that sustain her: reading, writing, and memory; familiar places; and the rich texture of a life fully lived. These poems are meticulously observed, nimble in their deployment of a range of forms, and capacious in their range of reference. They take us to a Greek island, to Carl Schurz Park in New York City, to an old house in Vermont, to a performance of Macbeth, and to the neurology floor of a hospital. Hadas finds beauty in all those places. The Golden Road laments, but it also celebrates.
Avg Rating
3.43
Number of Ratings
23
5 STARS
13%
4 STARS
35%
3 STARS
39%
2 STARS
9%
1 STARS
4%
goodreads
Author
Rachel Hadas
Author · 3 books
Rachel Hadas, is a teacher, writer, and the author of numerous books of poetry, essays, and translations. She has been a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize."
