Practice on Mountains
By: David Bartone
Series: Sawtooth Poetry Prize
Publisher: Ahsahta Press, Boise State University
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boise, Idaho
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
ISBN-13: 9781934103470
Work titles: Poems
Description: "In a long-form poetry that tirelessly makes its case for its own heritage, Practice on Mountains documents a striving lover through eight weeks of various literatures, reflections, and desires. The poems and translations in this book value experience--the lived poem. The metaphysic of the literary love affair leads to its beautiful, chaotic, thoughtful pile of lyrical musings. Wallace Stevens writes, "it is not the reason / That makes us happy or unhappy. The bird sings." H.D., Thoreau, Li Po, Pound, classic country hymns, Glenn Gould, and the poet's friends are called on, among many others, in the reckless appropriations that provide for such a poetry."--www.Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Winner of the 2013 Sawtooth Poetry Prize.