The fullest culmination to date of an original voice and "a central poet of his generation" (Harold Bloom) "Time was plunging forward, " "like dolphins scissoring open water or like me, " "following Jenny's flippers down to see the coral reef, " "where the color of sand, sea and sky merged, " "and it was as if that was all God wanted: " "not a wife, a house or a position, " "but a self, like a needle, pushing in a vein." --from "Olympia" In his fifth collection of verse, Henri Cole's melodious lines are written in an open ...
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The fullest culmination to date of an original voice and "a central poet of his generation" (Harold Bloom) "Time was plunging forward, " "like dolphins scissoring open water or like me, " "following Jenny's flippers down to see the coral reef, " "where the color of sand, sea and sky merged, " "and it was as if that was all God wanted: " "not a wife, a house or a position, " "but a self, like a needle, pushing in a vein." --from "Olympia" In his fifth collection of verse, Henri Cole's melodious lines are written in an open style that is both erotic and visionary. Few poets so thrillingly portray the physical world, or man's creaturely self, or the cycling strain of desire and self-reproach. Few poets so movingly evoke the human quest of "a man alone," trying "to say something true that has body, / because it is proof of his existence."" Middle Earth" is a revelatory collection, the finest work yet from an author of poems that are "marvels--unbuttoned, riveting, dramatic--burned into being" (Tina Barr, "Boston Review").
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 8.7 X 5.7 X 0.5 inches VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S23.00) DUST JACKET...appears to be new...; Black spine titles on white hard covers. Dust Jacket shows white titles on solid black paper..1" white japanese "NO" mask cover art photo. Inner dj 2x3" photo of author on lounge wicker lawn chair..; 80 pages; Winner of the many Awards...poet is as given to candor as to passon....boldly double chizeled..
