What to Tip the Boatman? - Couverture souple

Mathis, Cleopatra

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 187881897X ISBN 13 : 9781878818973

Editeur : Sheep Meadow Press,U.S., 2001

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

There are those rare human beings among us who themselves embody so much myth, history, and poetry that what they do includes a depth of profane and sacred meaning, of before and after, whatever the present event. Cleopatra Mathis is such a poet and hero in a non-heroic age, a poet who comes back from hell, from where all heroes must go and return, offering us her poetry, a gift of new life, beauty, and understanding. Much of this remarkable book of poems is about mothering-the poet as mother of a troubled and gifted daughter. These are """"household poems"""" in the sense that the Iliad is about the household of Priam. The modern Greeks sometime say that a person is """"put twice in the fire,"""" as iron is put twice in the fire to strengthen it. Cleopatra Mathis is such a person and such a poet. Her life is a flame and so is the poetry. The reader has reason to be grateful to her for this lyrical iron.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sheep Meadow Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 187881897X
• ISBN 13: 9781878818973
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 88
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible