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Endpoint and other poems, John Updike

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Endpoint and other poems

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John Updike

A stunning collection of poems that Updike wrote during the last seven years of his life and put together only weeks before he died for this, his final book. The opening sequence, "Endpoint," is made up of a series of connected poems written on the occasions of his recent birthdays and culminates in his confrontation with his final illness ... For Updike, the writing of poetry was always a special joy, and this final collection is an eloquent and moving testament to the life of this extraordinary writer.--From publisher description

Endpoint -- Other poems -- Stolen -- Frankie Laine -- Doo-wop -- Her coy lover sings out -- Elegy for a real golfer -- Baseball -- To my hurting heft hand -- Claremont hotel, Southwest harbor, Maine -- Angel bones -- Death of a computer -- Colonoscopy -- Levels of air -- Half moon, small cloud -- Lunar eclipse -- Bird caught in my deer netting -- Outliving one's father -- The old bills -- Stretch -- Trees -- TV -- Twinkletape -- Waco -- Saguaros -- Sonnets -- Evening concert, Sainte-Chapelle -- A wee Irish suite -- Paris-Dublin, at night -- Portrush, Northern Ireland -- New Resort hotel, Portmarnock -- Phnom, Penh -- Madurai, India -- Subcontinental -- Fair Helen -- Lucian Freud -- St. Petersburg -- Flying to Florida -- White horizon -- Male voice, from below -- Stripped -- Chambered nautilus -- Tools -- Vacation place -- Tucson -- Thunderstorm in Dorset, Vermont -- December, outdoors -- Light and personal -- To a well-connected mouse -- Duet on Mars -- Mars as bright as Venus -- Elegy -- Country music -- Sweet as apple cider -- Requiem -- Found poem -- For Peter Davison -- For Martha, on her birthday, after her cataract operation