The Pictures
Edition: 1st paperback edition
Publisher: Tarpaulin Sky Press
Published: February 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9780977901920
Subjects: Literature & Fiction; American - General; Poetry
Description: "Distinct, clear, and free of flourishes, the poems in The Pictures examine war, boredom, death, love, decay, happiness, and worship through a series of moving and still images. In one poem, from a group of "moving" pictures, three soldiers bide their time in a barren landscape, awaiting destruction; in a "still" picture, a group of stones invites us to pay closer attention to them; in another still picture, a woman stands with her mouth open, fists clenched, words unimportant. Sight is unmysterious but wondrous in this book; the poems demonstrate that to look at something or to read it is to experience it, along with its attendant sadness or joy. The "pictures" collected here are communicative and profound, quick to read but long to develop."--Jacket.