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The insanity of empire : a book of poems against the Iraq war
Author
Title
The insanity of empire : a book of poems against the Iraq war / by Robert Bly.
ISBN
0915408570
9780915408573
Publication
St. Paul, MN : Ally Press, [2004]
Copyright Notice Date
©2004
Physical Description
49 pages ; 23 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 14292: Paperbound. From the Michael Hathaway-Chiron Review Papers. Accompanied by: index card with handwritten notes (1 leaf).
Summary
This poetry collection discusses the Iraq war and some of the ominous implications of that serious step taken by the Republican administration. The collection includes six poems from the author's book on the Vietnam War, as well as a new group of poems discussing the power of the greedy soul or 'the rapacious soul.' Another five poems are in the ghazal form, including 'Call and answer, ' one of the first poems written against the Iraq War.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 15, 2024
Contents
pt. 1. Call and answer
Advice from the geese
Let sympathy pass
The stew of discontents
pt. 2. The executive's death
Watching television
Come with me
Those being eaten
A glimpse of American history
Sleet storm on the Merritt Parkway
pt. 3. The Alaska poem
The hungry dragonish soul
The raven behind the door
The pelicans at White Horse Key
Rembrandt's brown ink
The blinding of Samson
pt. 4. Intuitions and Ideas.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
War poetry.
Poetry.
War poetry.
Poetry.
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Ally Press (Saint Paul, Minn.), publisher.
United States Minnesota Saint Paul.
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