The Land of Cockaigne: Poems - Couverture souple

Ochester, Ed

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1586540076 ISBN 13 : 9781586540074

Editeur : Story Line Pr, 2001

Synopsis

Ed Ochester's poems have a colloquial immediacy and sparking wit that appeal to a wider readership than most mainstream verse.

"Say Hello to the Ocean for Me"

Tell her I remember her true name:
Thalassa. Tell her how dessicated I am.
Tell her I'm dreaming of squid
and the rich bed of the pearly oyster.
Tell her I'm goofy for her
as I always have been,
tell her again how mucha giant cigar smoking
like a tiny Titanic.
Tell her I remember
the green abd blue silks
of the Gulf Stream,
and the iron waves
off Rockaway whereeven now the aged
and the infirm,
Thalassa,
walk through the whispering
fans of foam
to watch a freighter
sail off the horizon
and, Thalassa,
they wade in deeper
on their stilt legs,
peer at the cumuli forming--
to them it's just "clouds"--
and the weightless gulls
and wonderful their bodies
lighter and lighter

Ed Ochester, author of eleven books of poetry, has edited The Living Poem: American Poetry Now and The Pittsburgh Book of Contemporary American Poetry. Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh, a member of the Core Faculty of the Bennington MFA Writing Seminars, and past-president of Associated Writing Programs, Ochester is also the editor of the University of Pittsburgh Press Poetry Series.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Story Line Pr
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1586540076
• ISBN 13: 9781586540074
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 78
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible