Day Moon

by Jon Anderson

A collection of poetry by Jon Anderson.

Genres: Poetry

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Jon Anderson was an American poet. He published seven books of poetry, including Day Moon (2001), The Milky Way: Poems 1967–1982 (1983), Death & Friends (1970), which was nominated for the National Book Award, and Looking for Jonathan (1968).

He was the recipient of a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, two awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Society of America’s Shelley Memorial Award.

Reviews

[Wendy Coulter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Many feel that Jon's last work was too "light." I disagree. These are poems about despair, anxiety, addiction, and becoming happy despite it all. Perhaps I was just happy to see that Jon was happier, but every time I revisit this book I know that I made the right choice in coming to study poetry under Jon at the U. Arizona.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love day moons. I remember his undergraduate poetry workshop class with fondness: Jon was usually wearing a bowler's shirt, gray sweat pants, and a pair of black sneakers minus the socks. His disheveled, curly hair and soft-spoken stubble were a welcome sight for he was a welcoming presence. Jon made all of us students feel like we belonged even when our poems needed a bit more self-confrontation. To the rubble of the day moon and the night sun, death and forgetfulness may well be secret friends of ours.

Here's a closer look at Jon Anderson's life and work by way of fellow U of A poet/professor Steve Orlen:

http://poetrycenter.arizona.edu/memor...