Surfaces

Michael Lesher's Surfaces is a celebration of what might be called the central paradox of poetry: that every attempt to plumb the depths of lived experience must begin, and end, in the impenetrable surface world of words printed on paper. Somehow, the shape of a collection of letters placed on a page, and the sounds they produce when pronounced, have to convey a sense of the most inward levels of experience. This would appear impossible, and the collection's introductory quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson -- "Give me truths;/for I am weary of the surfaces,/and die of inanition" -- only underscores the difficulty. Yet the goal of these poems is precisely to find those "truths" not by fleeing the surface of poetry -- line, rhythm, diction, and so on -- but by embracing it. And in doing so, of course, to reveal beauty as well.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Lesher
• Editore: The High Window
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.06.2019
• EAN: 9781913201043
• ISBN: 978-1-913201-04-3
• Pagine: 86
• Dimensioni: 148 mm x 210 mm x 5 mm
• Peso: 124 g
• Categoria: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica