Home is the place in which we sleep, eat, work, and play, as well as a source of comfort, relaxation, and safety. Home: A Collection of Poetry and Art assembles writers' and artists' interpretations of home, whether home is a stone tower, a thatched hut, a small apartment, or even a spaceship. The book pairs poems from around the world--China, Czech Republic, Japan, and Chile--with complementary images, including photographs, modern and abstract paintings, and collages. Included in the collection are the works of more well-known poets such as Seamus Heaney, Robert Burns, Donald Hall, and Emily Dickinson, and artists such as René Magritte, Edward Hopper, and Maxfield Parrish, as well as lesser-known artists and writers.

These poets have, like most homeowners, grown attached to their residences and the property around them, like Christopher Logue, who mourns for his dead tree; or Seamus Heaney, who finds inspiration in his skylight; or William Matthews, who has trouble leaving his old house.

Some of the most charming poems in the collection are the fables and fairy tales, which seem to come closest to exploring the more transcendental meanings of home. In fact, if there's a common theme among many of the poems in this strong collection, it's that home is a deeply private place we create and connect with. As one of the poems in Home expresses it: "How can we feel the unknown facets of ourselves without a parcel of hard property?" --Kris Law


From the Publisher
There's no place like home. And there's no book quite like this one-a sophisticated gift anthology that brings together fine poetry and art to celebrate the comforts and pleasures of home. Editor Stan Tymorek collected more than 50 evocative poems, most by modern or contemporary poets-such as Elizabeth Bishop, Derek Walcott, Allen Ginsberg, Pablo Neruda, and William Carlos Williams-but some by poets of earlier eras, such as Robert Burns and Emily Dickinson. He paired the poems with complementary artworks by Edward Hopper, Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, Andrew Wyeth, Ren Magritte, Jennifer Bartlett, Walker Evans, and other distinguished artists and photographers. The result is a wonderfully appealing book that explores how we define home-and how home defines us. STAN TYMOREK is a creative director for Lands' End's home-products division and its Coming Home catalogue. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

FROM THE PUBLISHER