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Words Before Dawn

Words Before Dawn

Wenthe, William

Paperback

Series: LSU Press Paperback Original

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $20.95

ISBN10: 0807144819
ISBN13: 9780807144817
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: Oct 12 2012
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.70
Language: English

William Wenthe's third collection begins in the domestic realm then moves outward in subject and place -- to a bird market in Paris, the Jaffa Gate in Old Jerusalem, the Chain Bridge in Budapest -- before returning to the familial. The poet recalls his own cherished experiences of fatherhood: rocking his infant daughter in the early morning, lying with her outside on a pink flannel sheet, and watching her joyous reaction to the sight of roses. While actively engaged in the artist's struggle to represent reality, Wenthe draws attention to the particular, to moments and events that seem to exist beyond thoughts and words. In Uhte, Wenthe reflects on the Old English name for the hour before dawn: that word / has haunted me -- wondering how that hour / had first called forth a need / to be distinguished by a sound.

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