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33 poems
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Title
33 poems / Robert Lax ; edited by Thomas Kellein.
ISBN
9780811228367
0811228363
Publication
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©1988
Physical Description
199 pages ; 23 cm
Local Notes
BEIN New Directions 1834: Paperbound.
Notes
"A New Directions book."
Summary
"The American poet Robert Lax belongs to the generation of Thomas Merton, Beat poetry, Abstract Expressionism, and the compositions of John Cage. Yet he stands out as this era's most intriguing minimalist poet, gaining this reputation through a constant questioning of the universe and our idea about it. His poetry varies from fables and parables to clear-cut columns of words, from his account of a day at the circus as a vision of creation to his own insistent and mystical search for truth. 33 Poems presents the quintessential gathering of Lax's work, including Sea & Sky and The Circus of the Sun, 'perhaps the greatest English-language poem of this century' (The New York Times)"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 10, 2020
Series
New Directions Paperbook ; 1434
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The man with the big general notions
Zoo sign
[Wake up Jack]
Circus
The circus of the sun
The juggler
Jerusalem
Question
[The port was longing]
[One stone]
Andalusian proverb
[Maximum capacity]
[Basic forms]
[Goodbye]
[One bird, two birds]
[River]
[In the dark]
Shorter history of western civilization
[Are you a visitor]
[The watcher]
[Every night]
The bomb
Sea & sky
Abstract poem
Able Charlie Baker dance
A problem in design
The angel and the little old lady
Shepherd's calendar
Seven episodes
Tractatus I-II
One island
Tiger
21 pages.
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