Thresherphobe (Phoenix Poets)

Thresherphobe (Phoenix Poets)

In his sixth collection, Mark Halliday continues to seek ways of using the smart playfulness of such poets as Frank Oâ€™Hara and Kenneth Koch to explore lifeâ€™s emotional mysteriesâ€”both dire and hilariousâ€”from the perpetual dissolving of our past to the perpetual frustration of our cravings for ego-triumph, for sublime connection with an erotically idealized Other, and for peace of spirit. Animated by belief in the possible truths to be reached in interpersonal speech, Hallidayâ€™s voice-driven poetry wants to find insightâ€”or at least a stay against confusionâ€”through personality without being trapped in personality. History will leave much of what we are on the threshing floor, Halliday notes, but in the meantime we do what we can; let posterity (if any!) say we rambled truly.

Forward Prizes for Poetry: Highly Commended for 'Classic Blunder' and 'Lois in the Sunny Tree'
Country USA
Brand University of Chicago Press
Manufacturer University of Chicago Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2013-05-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780226038704

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