Horizon Note - Volume 2001

A son is born too early, as if coming up over the horizon before his own dawn. An elderly father lingers at life's other horizon. In language dense and clear, playful and somber, and with a formal exactitude and emotional amplitude suggestive of her own musical training, Behn traverses these horizons "extracting," like the horizon note that drones through traditional Indian music, "a red needle from the sky."

About the author

Robin Behn is the author of two previous collections of poetry, Paper Bird and The Red Hour. She directs the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing at the University of Alabama.

Summary

A son is born early, as if coming up over the horizon before his own dawn. An elderly father lingers at life's other horizon. These poems use language which is dense and clear, playful and sombre, with an emotional amplitude which is suggestive of Behn's own musical training.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Behn
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1985
• EAN: 9780299175306
• ISBN: 978-0-299-17530-6
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 238 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 322 g
• Series: Brittingham Prize in Poetry; Brittingham Prize in Poetry; Wisconsin Poetry
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies