{"product_id":"the-collected-poems-of-thomas-merton-9780811207690","title":"The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton","description":"In 1944, New Directions brought out Thomas Merton's first book of verse. By the time of his tragic, untimely death in 1968, Father Louis (as he was known at the Trappist monastery where he lived for twenty-seven years) had published upwards of fifty books and pamphlets, including several more collections of poetry. All of these poems have been assembled in a single, definitive volume (first published by New Directions in 1977) which includes much additional unpublished or uncollected material drawn from the archive of the Merton Studies Center at Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky, or supplied by the poet's friends and associates. Brought together in \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Poems of Thomas Merton\u003c\/em\u003e are: \u003cem\u003eEarly Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (1940-42, published posthumously in 1971), \u003cem\u003eThirty Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (1944), \u003cem\u003eA Man in the Divided Sea\u003c\/em\u003e (1946), \u003cem\u003eFigures for an Apocalypse \u003c\/em\u003e(1947), \u003cem\u003eThe Tear of the Blind Lions\u003c\/em\u003e (1949), \u003cem\u003eThe Strange Islands\u003c\/em\u003e (1957), \u003cem\u003eOriginal Child Bomb\u003c\/em\u003e (1962), \u003cem\u003eEmblems of a Season of Fun\u003c\/em\u003e (1963), \u003cem\u003eCables to Ace\u003c\/em\u003e (1968), and \u003cem\u003eThe Geography of Lograire\u003c\/em\u003e (completed in 1968 and published posthumously). These are followed by \u003cem\u003eSensation Time at the Home and Other New Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, a book which Merton completed shortly before his death. There are also sections of uncollected poems, humorous verse, poems written in French, with some English translations, Merton's translations of poetry from various languages, drafts and fragments, and a selection of concrete poems. With the availability of \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Poems of Thomas Merton\u003c\/em\u003e as a New Directions paperbook, an ever wider audience may more fully appreciate the impressive range of the poet's technique, the scope of his concerns, and the humaneness of his vision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMerton, Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eThomas Merton\u003c\/strong\u003e (1915-1968) entered the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, following his conversion to Catholicism and was ordained in 1949. During the 1960s, he was increasingly drawn into a dialogue between Eastern and Western religions and was actively engaged with domestic issues of war and racism.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725344936210,"sku":"9780811207690","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e816c9ec-339b-4e22-984e-24ca4a0db264.jpg?v=1734826632","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-collected-poems-of-thomas-merton-9780811207690","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}