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Unending Blues: Poems
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ISBN10: 0156928310
ISBN13: 9780156928311
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: Nov 21 1986
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.22 Width: 4.81 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780156928311
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: Nov 21 1986
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.22 Width: 4.81 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
Whether he draws for inspiration on American blues, Serbian folktales, or Greek myths, Simic's words have a way of their own. Each of these forty-four poems is a powerful mixture of concrete images. Each records the reality and myth of the world around us-and in us. Short, perfectly shaped, Simic's poems float past like feathers, turning one way, then another (Village Voice).
What happens when the line between dream and reality dissolves?
- Modern American Poetry: Poems that capture the grit of American life, from dying mill towns to city avenues, viewed through a uniquely perceptive lens.
- Myth and Folklore: Drawing on American blues, Serbian folktales, and Greek myths, Simic creates a landscape that is both familiar and strangely new.
- Witty and Imaginative: Discover a voice full of dark humor and unexpected turns, where morticians stroll with angels and history has a cruel sense of irony.
- Striking Imagery: Each poem builds a world from powerful, concrete images--a fine-tooth comb in a judge's pocket, a fly on a lover's nose, a hearse with trash cans in the back.
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