"Formally audacious, these are poems that playfully engage with word constraint, iambic pentameter, and long-sentence forms, keeping us in a constant state of surprise and curiosity. In sanctifying everything from lava lamps, cemeteries, and clouds to literary heroes such as Anna Ahkmatova, Chika Sagawa, and Lewis Warsh, Matthew Rohrer continues his project of uncovering wonder wherever it can found."--
"Formally audacious, these are poems that playfully engage with word constraint, iambic pentameter, and long-sentence forms, keeping us in a constant state of surprise and curiosity. In sanctifying everything from lava lamps, cemeteries, and clouds to literary heroes such as Anna Ahkmatova, Chika Sagawa, and Lewis Warsh, Matthew Rohrer continues his project of uncovering wonder wherever it can found."--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Matthew Rohrer is the author of The Sky Contains the Plans (Wave Books, 2020), The Others (Wave Books, 2017), which was the winner of the 2017 Believer Book Award, Surrounded by Friends (Wave Books, 2015), Destroyer and Preserver (Wave Books, 2011), A Plate of Chicken (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2009), Rise Up (Wave Books, 2007) and A Green Light (Verse Press, 2004), which was shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize. He is also the author of Satellite (Verse Press, 2001), and co-author, with Joshua Beckman, of Nice Hat. Thanks. (Verse Press, 2002), and the audio CD Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty. He has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered and The Next Big Thing. His first book, A Hummock in the Malookas was selected for the National Poetry Series by Mary Oliver in 1994. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at NYU. He can be reached at luminousfork@gmail.com.
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Contents ARMY OF THE DEAD PRISONERS THE GOOSE LEADER WE SHALL OVERCOME A LONELY TRUMPET THE HANDOFF DARKENED LIGHTHOUSE SUNDAY NIGHT NOTHING’S WORSE PASSED OVER MY NEIGHBOR AT MY LOWEST POINT GREENWOOD BIRTHDAY POEM SWEET DREAMS ARMY OF GIANTS 49 THE WINTER SUN ARBORETUM NATURE POEM ABOUT FLOWERS SONGS OF WEST RIVER LAVA LAMP THE LITTLE MEN OF THE FOREST ARMY OF POETS JEREMY STILL HAILING IN THE MOUNTAINS LOVE POEM (FROM THE ARAN ISLANDS) SKYLARK FOLLOW THEM VILETTE VILLANELLE THE PALACE OF JUSTICE FOR A FARRIER POEMS FOR ANNA AHKMATOVA POEM FOR CHIKA SAGAWA THE HEART SONNET THE MAGIC BOX POEM FOR REGINALD SHEPHERD POEM FOR LEWIS WARSH POEM AN EVENING OF EZRA POUND POEM FOR MIROSLAV HOLUB GRACE YEVTUSHENKO WAS THE KING
Contents ARMY OF THE DEAD PRISONERS THE GOOSE LEADER WE SHALL OVERCOME A LONELY TRUMPET THE HANDOFF DARKENED LIGHTHOUSE SUNDAY NIGHT NOTHING’S WORSE PASSED OVER MY NEIGHBOR AT MY LOWEST POINT GREENWOOD BIRTHDAY POEM SWEET DREAMS ARMY OF GIANTS 49 THE WINTER SUN ARBORETUM NATURE POEM ABOUT FLOWERS SONGS OF WEST RIVER LAVA LAMP THE LITTLE MEN OF THE FOREST ARMY OF POETS JEREMY STILL HAILING IN THE MOUNTAINS LOVE POEM (FROM THE ARAN ISLANDS) SKYLARK FOLLOW THEM VILETTE VILLANELLE THE PALACE OF JUSTICE FOR A FARRIER POEMS FOR ANNA AHKMATOVA POEM FOR CHIKA SAGAWA THE HEART SONNET THE MAGIC BOX POEM FOR REGINALD SHEPHERD POEM FOR LEWIS WARSH POEM AN EVENING OF EZRA POUND POEM FOR MIROSLAV HOLUB GRACE YEVTUSHENKO WAS THE KING
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