| The Out-born: Collected Poems 1980-2016 Contributor(s): Martin, Liam (Author) |
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ISBN: 1534939288 ISBN-13: 9781534939288 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $8.22 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.99" (0.54 lbs) 220 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The themes that recur throughout this collection are Buddhism, the mixed-race experience, and wisdom lore. The influences on the poems are many: the Bible, Lao Tzu, the Quran, Shakespeare, Derek Walcott, among others. In Part One - titled The Out-born - the author chronicles in 85 prose pieces his search for enlightenment. In Part Two he finds poetry in some of life's sober lessons. In Part Four he constructs 23 poems out of traditional proverbs. A varied collection, it ranges from the high lyricism of Part One's The Out-born, to the sober tones of Part Two's Life Lessons, to the na ve forms of Part Three's Early and Later Poems, and to the conventional expressions of the Proverbial Poems. |