Nostalgia as Intangible Sustenance

Authors

  • Nicholas Samaras Author

Keywords:

nostalgia, memory, nourishment, yearning, friendship

Abstract

The poem considers how losing oneself in memory can nourish the soul, leaving it briefly fuller, as if after a visit home with old friends, yet yearning to return.

Author Biography

  • Nicholas Samaras

    Nicholas Samaras is the author of “American Psalm, World Psalm” (Ashland Poetry Press, 2014). His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Poetry, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. He is currently completing a new book of poetry and a memoir and he serves as the Poetry Editor for The Adirondack Review.

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Published

2015-09-30

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2015): Maestro

Section

Creative Works

How to Cite

Samaras, Nicholas. “Nostalgia As Intangible Sustenance”. The Mailer Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Sept. 2015, p. 385, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/549.