My Mojave Contributor(s): Revell, Donald (Author) |
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ISBN: 1882295404 ISBN-13: 9781882295401 Publisher: Alice James Books OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2003 Annotation: Donald Revell's eighth collection, "My Mojave," concerns itself with beauty, with the way in which the divine pours through the eye and into the soul. The poems seek their gods in that place where the natural and human worlds come together, where "miserable cardinals comfort/The broken seesaws/And me who wants no comfort/Only to believe." With tightly crafted, sensual lines, the poems are keenly aware of the deserts we inhabit, all the while marveling at the effortlessness of poetry and worship in a world so magnificently capable of proliferating itself and its beauty. Short Fantasia Praise for Donald Revell's "There Are Three": "The touch throughout is extraordinarily refined, the -language trimmed and delicate beyond praise. It's almost as terrible and pure as Bach's music for solo violin, so to speak, deep into the strings. . . ."-Calvin Bedient, "The Denver Quarterly" ""There Are Three" is a grave and compelling book, the kind which demands rereading."-"Poetry" |
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BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
Dewey: 811.54 |
LCCN: 2002015864 |
Physical Information: 0.27" H x 5.54" W x 8.66" (0.28 lbs) 80 pages |
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Publisher Description: Donald Revell's eighth collection, My Mojave, concerns itself with beauty, with the way in which the divine pours through the eye and into the soul. The poems seek their gods in that place where the natural and human worlds come together, where miserable cardinals comfort/The broken seesaws/And me who wants no comfort/Only to believe. With tightly crafted, sensual lines, the poems are keenly aware of the deserts we inhabit, all the while marveling at the effortlessness of poetry and worship in a world so magnificently capable of proliferating itself and its beauty. Short Fantasia Praise for Donald Revell's There Are Three: The touch throughout is extraordinarily refined, the -language trimmed and delicate beyond praise. It's almost as terrible and pure as Bach's music for solo violin, so to speak, deep into the strings. . . .--Calvin Bedient, The Denver Quarterly There Are Three is a grave and compelling book, the kind which demands rereading.--Poetry |