No one sounds like W.S. Di Piero. Explosive language, rough sensuousness, unflinching eye--here is a poet who will not look away, and who is always committed to poetry's first purpose: to bring song. Tombo is a book of lyrics fueled in equal parts by realism and big-fish storytelling, a book of wanderers, foghorns, summer rain, feral cats, and city jazz. Built on heartbreak particulars, these poems are raw, mysterious dilations of the moments of existence: Life, as you say, my friend, is lived in its transitions. There's ...
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No one sounds like W.S. Di Piero. Explosive language, rough sensuousness, unflinching eye--here is a poet who will not look away, and who is always committed to poetry's first purpose: to bring song. Tombo is a book of lyrics fueled in equal parts by realism and big-fish storytelling, a book of wanderers, foghorns, summer rain, feral cats, and city jazz. Built on heartbreak particulars, these poems are raw, mysterious dilations of the moments of existence: Life, as you say, my friend, is lived in its transitions. There's a yonder that abides right here. It lives in the electric air of field or room, unseen but palpable as snow or blowing dust. --from "The Running Dog"
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very good. pages clean and unmarked, binding tight, cover clean with slight crease in bottom corner. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 65 p. McSweeney's Poetry. Audience: General/trade.
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