The Keeper's Voice Poems |
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| Author:
| Carson, Mike |
| Series title: | Southern Messenger Poets Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8071-3618-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2010 |
| Publisher: | LSU Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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Carson's lean, spare collection unflinchingly engages hard ideas of beauty, of goodness. Direct and often colloquial in their language and traditional in their forms -- blank verse, quatrains, sonnets -- the poems' voices arise from a wide range of viewpoints and situations: from an altar boy thawing a frozen gate lock while early Mass goes on without him, to a returning Vietnam veteran who takes up bull riding. Refreshingly straightforward, yet suffused with weight, maturity, and...
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Carson's lean, spare collection unflinchingly engages hard ideas of beauty, of goodness. Direct and often colloquial in their language and traditional in their forms -- blank verse, quatrains, sonnets -- the poems' voices arise from a wide range of viewpoints and situations: from an altar boy thawing a frozen gate lock while early Mass goes on without him, to a returning Vietnam veteran who takes up bull riding. Refreshingly straightforward, yet suffused with weight, maturity, and passion, The Keeper's Voice projects a wise and uncompromising vision.