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Mornings Like This: Found Poems
Paperback
Poetry AnthologiesGeneral Poetry
ISBN13: 9780060927257
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: Apr 26 1996
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.27 Width: 5.50 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Found poems are to their poet what no-fault insurance is to beneficiaries: payoffs waiting to happen where everyone wins and no one is blamed. Dillard culls about 40 such happy accidents from sources as diverse as a The American Boys Handy Book (1882) and the letters of Van Gogh. . . . the poet aims for a lucky, loaded symbolism that catapults the reader into an epiphany never imagined by the original authors. -- Publishers Weekly
In Mornings Like This, beloved author Annie Dillard has given us a witty and moving collection of poems in a wholly original form, sure to charm her fans, both old and new.
Extracting and rearranging sentences from old and odd books--From D.C. Beard's The American Boys Handy Book in 1882 to Van Gogh's letters to David Greyson's The Countryman's Year in 1936--Dillard has composed poems on poetry's most heartfelt themes of love, nature, nostalgia, and death. A unique, clever, and original collection, Dillard's characteristic voice sounds throughout the pages.
A masterwork of curation, Mornings Like This reveals the extraordinary hidden in the ordinary:
- An Original Literary Form: Witness a master at work as Annie Dillard extracts and rearranges sentences from forgotten books to create something entirely new and breathtaking.
- Witty and Profound: From the comical instructions in The American Boys Handy Book to the heartbreaking letters of Van Gogh, each poem finds the perfect balance between humor and depth.
- Unexpected Sources: Journey through a curated archive of odd and wonderful texts, including maritime charts, emergency care manuals, and natural histories, each transformed by Dillard's unique vision.
- Timeless Themes: Explore poetry's most heartfelt subjects--love, nature, mortality, and memory--woven together from the words of others into a singular, cohesive collection.
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