Transpirations by Arthur Sze
Transpirations by Arthur Sze
by Arthur Sze
Limited edition letterpress broadside of Arthur Sze’s poem, Transpirations.
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This poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze is a litany of stunning imagery, an investigation into the simultaneities of existence, and a summons to see ourselves fully in and of this universe. May we ask ourselves its central question, "have you lived with utmost care?" And may we live our answer like the trees: deep-rooted, resilient, interdependent, and ever turning toward light.
Limited edition of 70 prints, 50 of which are for sale.
Each broadside is SIGNED by Arthur Sze, the 2025-2026 United States Poet Laureate.
Hand-set in the Bembo family of metal types (cast by Michael & Winifred Bixler) and letterpress printed on dampened Stonehenge cotton paper.
Leaf illustrations are hand-printed from dried American Elm leaves.
Size: 13” x 8.25” (with natural deckle on right edge).
$30 each.
“standing, you well up with glistening eyes—
have you lived with utmost care?—
have you articulated emotions like the edges of leaves?”
Arthur Sze is a poet, translator, and editor. He is the author of ten books of poetry and is a professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts. His poems have been translated into eleven languages, including Chinese, Dutch, German, Korean, Italian, and Spanish. A recipient of the Jackson Poetry Prize from Poets & Writers, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Howard Foundation Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, an American Book Award, a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award, as well as five grants from the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, Sze was the first poet laureate of Santa Fe, where he lives with his wife, the poet Carol Moldaw. From 2012-2017, he was a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and, in 2017, was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He is the 25th Poet Laureate of the United States of America (2025-2026).
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