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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Augustine's Vision

Augustine's Vision

Filkins, Peter

Paperback

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $12.00

ISBN10: 0981780296
ISBN13: 9780981780290
Publisher: New American Press
Published: Jun 22 2010
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.14
Height: 0.12 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
By turns discursive, dramatic, and lyrical, AUGUSTINE'S VISION presents a startlingly good poet who courageously interrogates ideas of evil, sin, and death while celebrating the goodness of creation, including both nature and the creations of humankind. Indeed, many of the poems are inspired responses to other artists: Vermeer, Monet, Wilfred Owen, Polanski's Chinatown. The poet's own work bids fair to inspire others, as beautiful phrases such as flowers / afloat on the air or a stillness loud with geese float to the surface of the page. In particular, his poem Waterlilies, consisting of a single sentence that runs for twenty-one lines, is a marvelous summation of the contrary elements that art makes cohere. You won't want to miss this ambitious collection that possesses poise, grace, and intellectual fearlessness. - KELLY CHERRY

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