Dark Wild Realm

The award-winning poet Michael Collier''s elegiac fifth collection is haunted by spectral figures and a strange, vivid chorus of birds: From a cardinal that crashes into a window to a gathering of turkey vultures, Collier engages birds as myth-makers and lively messengers, carrying memories from lost friends. The mystery of death and the vital absence it creates are the real subjects of the book. Collier juxtaposes moments of quotidian revelation, like waking to the laughing sounds of bird song, with the drama of Greek tragedy, taking on voices from Medea. As Vanity Fair praised, his poems "tread nimbly between moments of everyday transcendence and spiritual pining."

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael Collier
• Verlag: Ecco Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.11.2007
• EAN: 9780618919918
• ISBN: 978-0-618-91991-8
• Seiten: 80
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 210 mm x 6 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Europe, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Sense of place, United States of America, USA, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, POETRY: American / General, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Places, POETRY: Ancient & Classical, POETRY: European / General, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Nature, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Family, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Religious