The Great Enigma - Transtromer

The title of Transtromer's new Collected poems comes from the last line of the last poem of the book. A haiku that goes like this:


Birds in human shape.
The apple trees in blossom.
The great enigma.

Transtromer & Herbert: New Collected Editions

Came across these over the weekend. A Collected Edition of Zbigniew Herbert titled simply Collected Poems, and Transtromer - The Great Enigma - also a Collected.

This almost makes up for fact that George Oppen's Daybooks have still not released and that Mary Ruefle has no collected edition. Note: If you are into Oppen, I can tell you which back issues of Sulfur you want - three or so back issues have substantial excerpts from his Daybooks.