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Tired

Tired

Strous, Allen

Paperback

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $16.00

ISBN10: 1935218131
ISBN13: 9781935218135
Publisher: Backwaters Press
Published: Aug 29 2009
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
It is refreshing these days of spreading capitalism and colorless urban life to read lines of poetry that insist on 'summer music' of talking about trees, with attentiveness and affection. His feeling toward the natural world is genuine--but hardly naive. Looking at the branches he also looks 'in the dark, in mind.' 'I notice the glow of the light-green, ' this poet says. There is a dash of Dylan Thomas in this lyric, and much of Strous's own wisdom in lines such as 'Carpentry of these trees--/they are so simple.' But readers will quickly realize that on the page such simplicity is only seeming. It looks simple because a great deal of work was put into the words--Ilya Kaminsky.

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