Wu Wei Poems |
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Author:
| Crawford, Tom |
ISBN: | 978-1-57131-423-9 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2006 |
Publisher: | Milkweed Editions
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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Tom Crawford's words paint familiar landscapes Seattle's coastline, New York's public spaces, rural China, and Western mobile homes in a new light. In poems as humorous as they are revelatory, sea birds careen off cliff walls "Then back/to the water to consider/where they went wrong," nudes are spontaneously drawn in urban coffee shops, and the Bhagavad Gita sits on a shelf in a trailer home, holding up deodorant. Crawford’s Eastern spirituality, tempered by...
More DescriptionTom Crawford's words paint familiar landscapes Seattle's coastline, New York's public spaces, rural China, and Western mobile homes in a new light. In poems as humorous as they are revelatory, sea birds careen off cliff walls "Then back/to the water to consider/where they went wrong," nudes are spontaneously drawn in urban coffee shops, and the Bhagavad Gita sits on a shelf in a trailer home, holding up deodorant. Crawford’s Eastern spirituality, tempered by working-class pragmatism, transforms these narrative poems into memorable portraits of the everyday.