David Cope's fourth collection, Coming Home, binds together the two
major strands of his life and art. In poem after poem, Cope is by
turn the clear-eyed strider of our broken cities, or the profoundly
lyrical explorer of nature, of redemptive human intimacy in all its
silence and nakedness. And often there is an extraordinary
synthesis, as in: The Abandoned City if we sit long enough, will
our love grow wise? the roman mottos tumble from facades &
crash. where statesmen argued the language of law, cedars split
paving stones & broken pillars crumble. atop the giant boulder,
a maple's single thick root grips granite all the way to soil
below, where we stand amazed. lovers go to sing their love hand in
hand, passing a drunken cursing hulk who pitches headlong toward a
red-faced hooker - she shrieks, pushing trash cans in his path, her
mouth a red circle of moaning terror. O air pregnant with mouths
opening like new petals, O silence humming with coos & shrieks,
O rays revving cells in a single juniper needle
General
Imprint: |
HumanaPress
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Vox Humana |
Release date: |
October 1993 |
First published: |
1993 |
Authors: |
David Cope
|
Dimensions: |
210 x 148 x 6mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
120 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-89603-263-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-89603-263-9 |
Barcode: |
9780896032637 |
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