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Man Who Saws Us in Half: Poems
Contributor(s): Houchin, Ron (Author)
ISBN: 0807151114     ISBN-13: 9780807151112
Publisher: LSU Press
OUR PRICE:   $15.26  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 821.914
LCCN: 2012048525
Series: Southern Messenger Poets
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.8" W x 8.7" (0.26 lbs) 82 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Through silence and song, death and rebirth, a sense of wonder pervades every minute of our lives. In The Man Who Saws Us in Half, Ron Houchin explores this idea from the first curiosities of childhood to the gradual skepticism that comes with age and the weight of practical concerns. In the whimsical poem "The Lion That Finds You Asleep in His Dream," the sleeping figure relives the magical allure of youth, offered both gratuitously and ubiquitously: "The moon's still high in its arc, / and you know / you spilled from this lion's heart."

With his unique and colloquial voice, Houchin allows the reader to experience familiar subjects anew, to admire the surrounding world with rekindled appreciation and awe.