| Compulsions of Silkworms and Bees: Poems Contributor(s): Baggott, Julianna (Author) |
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ISBN: 080713256X ISBN-13: 9780807132562 Publisher: Pleiades Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2007 Annotation: This new collection of poetry from veteran author, Julianna Baggott, is written as a manual on writing poetry. On the surface, it appears only to be a collection of poems about poetry. On a deeper level though, it turns craft on its ear to examine the larger, looming world. There are several different types of poems included. Some poems are written as question and answer dialogues. Some poems personify poetry itself as a character and address it as an unruly muse. Others are more pointedly instructive and presented as example poems. Still others are written to famous poets ranging from Theodore Roethke to Dean Young and can be either argumentative or adoring. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| Series: Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6.1" W x 9.06" (0.32 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Part primer, part credo, part arm-swinging gambol, this wonderful book is resonant with wit and insight."--Linda Bierds Compulsions of Silkworms and Bees takes up the tradition of Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, but on poetry's own terms. At first glance, Baggott's candid counsel can be seen as a manual on writing poetry, written in poems. As the book unfolds, however, these poems take on the larger landscape of love and loss, the rigors of living fully, and the intricate, mysterious territory of our fragile, hardworking souls. |