The Galleons: Poems - Want It All

The Galleons: Poems

For almost twenty years, Rick Barot has been writing some of the most stunningly crafted lyric poems in America, paying careful, Rilkean attention to the layered world that surrounds us. In The Galleons, he widens his scope, contextualizing the immigrant journey of his Filipino-American family in the larger history and aftermath of colonialism.

These poems are engaged in the work of recovery, making visible what is often intentionally erased: the movement of domestic workers on a weekday morning in Brooklyn; a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, fondly sharing photos of his dog; the departure and destination points of dozens of galleons between 1564 and 1815, these ships evoking both the vast movements of history and the individual journeys of those borne along by their tides. â€œHer story is a part of something larger, it is a part / of history,â€ Barot writes of his grandmother. â€œNo, her story is an illumination // of history, a matchstick lit in the black seam of time.â€

With nods toward Barotâ€™s poetic predecessorsâ€•from Frank Oâ€™Hara to John Donneâ€•The Galleons represents an exciting extension and expansion of this virtuosic poetâ€™s work, marrying â€œrecklessâ€ ambition and crafted â€œcomposure,â€ in which we repeatedly find the speaker standing and breathing before the world, â€œincredible and true.â€
Country USA
Brand Milkweed Editions
Manufacturer Milkweed Editions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781571315236
ReleaseDate 2020-02-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781571315236

Country	USA
Brand	Milkweed Editions
Manufacturer	Milkweed Editions
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781571315236
ReleaseDate	2020-02-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781571315236