Author : Kevin D. Prufer
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807123508
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (235 download)
Book Synopsis Strange Wood by : Kevin D. Prufer
Download or read book Strange Wood written by Kevin D. Prufer and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange Wood contains verse remarkable for its fearless insight. The first poems in this lush, lyrical collection are populated with infants and adolescents, while the middle section gives way to bewildered, misguided adults, who are futilely attempting to understand and conquer the myriad difficulties of modern life. The last poems are concerned with deaths — in the family, in history, and in the abstract. In this astounding debut, Prufer reminds us of the fragility of life in a world where “everything’s / the chance for flying / failing somehow,” and loss is the hardest truth of all—“the body blooms, unfolding / then is gone.”