Seasons

Poems

A journey through the four seasons, reflected in the surreal oil paintings of Warabé Aska, rich in subtle visual games of search and discovery, and in the accompanying selection of short poems by writers from around the world, including Margaret Atwood and Victor Hugo.

First Edition

Toronto, Doubleday Canada, 1990
Hardcover, 48 p., illustr.

Selection and notes by Alberto Manguel
F. García Lorca, A. Storni and V. Hugo
translated by Alberto Manguel

9780385252652

  • ANONYMOUS (ENGLAND: Ring-Around
  • WALLACE STEVENS: The Garden Flew Round
  • FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA: Meditation in the Rain
  • W. H. DAVIES: The Rainbow
  • ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS: Song of the Soul
  • EMILY DICKINSON: Sun
  • ANONYMOUS (GERMANY): Summer Song
  • HSUEH T’AO: Flowers
  • ANONYMOUS (EGYPT): Love Song
  • FUJIWARA NO TADAMACHI: The Puppeteers
  • RAINER MARIA RILKE: Autumn Day
  • ALFONSINA STORNI: Wind
  • GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS: Hurrahing in Harvest
  • AMY LOWELL: Adventures
  • ANONYMOUS (ETHIOPIA): Prayer to the Moon
  • LIN LING: Snowbirds
  • FINNISH FOLK-SONG: Snowman
  • MARGARET ATWOOD: Woman Skating
  • SEI SHONĀGON: Snow
  • VICTOR HUGO: Dreams

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