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Goat Shape Hole: poems
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ISBN10: 1490381015
ISBN13: 9781490381015
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jul 4 2022
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.33 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781490381015
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jul 4 2022
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.33 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The poetry of Jeffrey Owen Thomas; confessions of a middle-class Welsh-American, born and living on the North Shore of Long Island, New York.
In his newest book, and first published collection of poetry, Thomas channels the unique influence of his lyrical heritage on issues ranging from the north coast's brooding bluffs and surrounding harbors, Sound and ocean; intimate hymns to the marginalized and the gallery of contradictions which appear to define and question this fragmented hologram we perceive as a singular, shared society.
In his newest book, and first published collection of poetry, Thomas channels the unique influence of his lyrical heritage on issues ranging from the north coast's brooding bluffs and surrounding harbors, Sound and ocean; intimate hymns to the marginalized and the gallery of contradictions which appear to define and question this fragmented hologram we perceive as a singular, shared society.
By sounding the intimate depths of his life, Thomas shares a pensively honest retelling of the messy process of meaning and the grand disservice by which definitions contain us; providing insights into universal conditions which will doubtless resonate with the reader; each on their own terms. His writing has been described as simultaneously challenging and sublime: who slid weightless down inside . . . and for
me,
her infinite yellow eyes in only five years
passing to forget
how tight the water closed around the
sunlight pressing to get thru . . . One leaves this work less confident of arriving anywhere safely, but with a far greater appreciation of the storm obscuring the voyage.
me,
her infinite yellow eyes in only five years
passing to forget
how tight the water closed around the
sunlight pressing to get thru . . . One leaves this work less confident of arriving anywhere safely, but with a far greater appreciation of the storm obscuring the voyage.
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