Wash, the. Free Verse Editions |
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Author:
| Clay, Adam |
Editor:
| Thompson, Jon |
Series title: | Free Verse Editions Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-281-07969-5 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
Publisher: | Parlor Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $25.08 |
Book Description:
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Rich in river imagery and an intense sense of the passage of time, The Wash explores the incessant music that permeates journeys with a destination unknown. Interweaving the voices of John Clare, Audubon, Roethke, and others, the poems depict a landscape of loss in which language and images provide the only concrete platform on which to stand. Ending with an elegy for the self-portrait and an acceptance of the inevitability of decay, the speaker discovers "the stillness of frames both...
More DescriptionRich in river imagery and an intense sense of the passage of time, The Wash explores the incessant music that permeates journeys with a destination unknown. Interweaving the voices of John Clare, Audubon, Roethke, and others, the poems depict a landscape of loss in which language and images provide the only concrete platform on which to stand. Ending with an elegy for the self-portrait and an acceptance of the inevitability of decay, the speaker discovers "the stillness of frames both comforts and terrifies." Playing a lyrical voice against the limits of silence, The Wash uncovers the voices that can be made, and heard, in and out of nature.