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Nets To Catch The Wind

Nets To Catch The Wind

Elinor Wylie

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Double9 Books LLP
Año de edición:
2025
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Poesía
ISBN:
9789376802357
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Nets to catch the wind is a poetry collection that reflects on beauty, emotion, and the fleeting nature of human experience through refined lyrical expression. The poems explore inner longing, personal restraint, and the desire to hold what is delicate and intangible. Natural imagery appears throughout the work, not as decoration, but as a mirror for emotional states and private reflection. Elements such as wind, water, and living landscapes suggest movement, impermanence, and quiet intensity. The collection balances control and vulnerability, revealing how discipline in language can heighten feeling rather than restrain it. Each poem offers a moment of stillness or tension, inviting contemplation rather than narrative progression. Themes of solitude, desire, and emotional clarity surface repeatedly, shaped by precise rhythm and carefully chosen words. The poems encourage readers to reflect on beauty as something momentary yet powerful, and on emotion as both elusive and deeply human. Overall, the collection presents poetry as a space where restraint and passion exist in deliberate harmony.

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