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Phased II

Phased II

Mizutani, Kunihiko
Held, George

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 0997981105
ISBN13: 9780997981100
Publisher: Poets Wear Prada
Published: Oct 18 2016
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.14
Height: 0.10 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A new chapbook of poems about the moon for poetry and moon lovers alike: These poems remind all of us, whether we're poets or not, how much we need and desire the moon, which is always with us. I love how Held's moon takes on human attributes, sometimes amenable, sometimes not - perhaps best displayed in the ending lines of the poem 'Menses': 'Think I can't / influence the tides or drive / men mad? Ask my lovers.' This is exactly the type of moon we want hovering over the city and its environs - tough when necessary like the inhabitants themselves. No, the moon won't pay our rent, but it's ours for free - full-throated and alive. Or as Held says about his relationship with the moon: 'Even Sandy / Can't take that / Away from we.' The moon in all its colors would agree. - Tim Suermondt, ELECTION NIGHT AND THE FIVE SATINS (Glass Lyre Press, 20I6) Here the moon becomes a mirror, the articulation of a life. In the same way the ocean tells us what the moon is feeling, these poems reveal the poetic speaker's soul. - Robert Carlos Garcia, founder of Get Fresh Books LLC, MELANCOLÍA (Cervana Barva Press, 2016)

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