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Every Species of Hope: Georgics, Haiku, and Other Poems

Every Species of Hope: Georgics, Haiku, and Other Poems

Rosen, Michael J.

Paperback

Series: Trillium Books

General Poetry

ISBN10: 0814254365
ISBN13: 9780814254363
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: Sep 19 2017
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.30 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
In his first book of poetry in twenty years, Michael J. Rosen captures life in the foothills of the Appalachians. Every Species of Hope: Georgics, Haiku, and Other Poems uses a variety of poetic forms, as well as Rosen's own pen-and-ink drawings, to give voice to the predicaments of living among other creatures who share a plot of land we think we claim as home. The poems are an attempt at homeostasis: that balancing act every creature works at every hour of every day-a way of living peacefully, expending the right energy in the most productive ways, avoiding or deflecting trouble, gravitating toward sources of fulfillment and contentment.

At the center of this book is a suite of poems inspired by Virgil's Georgics, or poems of pastoral instruction. In Rosen's case, he is more the student than the teacher. Likewise, five short sections of haiku continue his meditation on-or mediation of-art and nature. As he has written, Haiku provides a brief and mirror-like calm in the choppy waters-in the undertow-of current events: a stillness in time where more than our singular lives can be reflected.


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