Bene-Dictions: Poems

In these dramatic poems, the agon pits ideas against the lurch and drift of bodies. Both are necessary, as the hand is necessary to write the poem, and both are reconciled here by a sensitivity to the pleasures of melodic form.

About the author

Rush Rankin has published in The Failure of Grief, as well as in such journals as the Paris Review and Triquarterly. He currently teaches theory and literature at the Kansas City Art Institute.

Summary

In these dramatic poems, the agon pits ideas against the lurch and drift of bodies. Both are necessary, as the hand is necessary to write the poem and both are reconciled here by a sensitivity to the pleasures of melodic form.

Product details

• Authors: Rush Rankin
• Publisher: University Of North Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2003
• EAN: 9781574411577
• ISBN: 978-1-57441-157-7
• No. of pages: 72
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 232 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 127 g
• Series: Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry; Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama