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Half Promised Land Pa
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ISBN10: 0395382564
ISBN13: 9780395382561
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: May 15 1986
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.21 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.25
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780395382561
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: May 15 1986
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.21 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.25
Language: English
The world displayed in the poems of Thomas Lux is a fairly dangerous place, a half promised land, a region where turtles languish of thirst, where a lifebuoy crawls with spiders, where a moving car hits a moving moose and both survive, where what tends to terrify us tends also to make us feel safe, where rattlesnakes feel at home, where your belief in justice/merges with your belief in dreams.
- Surreal Poetry: Lux finds wonder and menace in the everyday, in worlds where tarantulas claim a lifebuoy and turtles languish with thirst.
- Dark Humor: Witness a collision where a moving car hits a moving moose and both survive, captured with a deadpan wit that defines Lux's unique voice.
- Observational Poetry: From sleepy New England towns to the quiet dramas in a backyard, these poems are rooted in a deeply American landscape.
- Accessible yet Profound: Written in clear, direct language, this collection grapples with the biggest questions--where our belief in justice merges with our belief in dreams.
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