Grayscale: Poems - Couverture rigide

Huddle, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0807129496 ISBN 13 : 9780807129494

Editeur : Louisiana State University Press, 2004

Synopsis

In his compelling new collection, David Huddle writes. "We think / we stand in the vivid color of here and now / and view the past as drab black and white, / whereas the truth is - it's our future / that's the off-center, badly focused grayscale." Spiraling between the tenses of time, David Huddle creates in these vibrant poems a defense against the encroachment of age through the resources of language and memory, imagination and art. Moments recollected from his own life and family seem appealingly familiar; a teenage dance, Grandmama's morning coffee, young daughters playing dolls. With age, wonder has become understanding, and so when intimations of his death arise in the midst of sharing a joke with his children, the poet shows us the comfort and peace that murky prospect may hold. Undaunted, Huddle gives us in Grayscale not false hopes about our lives but a range of ways to transcend their limits.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David Huddle has published four previous poetry volumes, most recently Summer Lake: New and Selected Poems, and six books of fiction. Originally from Virginia, he has taught at the University of Vermont since 1971.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Louisiana State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807129496
• ISBN 13: 9780807129494
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 64
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• Personne responsable: non disponible