WINNER OF THE 2007 DONALD HALL PRIZE IN POETRY Selected by Bob Hicok Burn and Dodge is part serious/part serious play and opens with a frank and occasionally antic exploration of contemporary vices, such as Guilt, Envy, and Regret. Some poems /u201cdodge/u201d such preoccupations by playing with a nonce form called sonnet/ghazal. The collection contains a sequence of poems called /u201cCurrent Events,/u201d based on newspaper stories. that is also a playful meditation on the nature of the interrogative pronouns (Who, What, Where, When . . . ) as well as another series of homophonic sonnets called /u201cClare-Hewn,/u201d which are aural /u201ctranslations/u201d of John Clare.

Book Information
ISBN 9780822960058
Author Sharon Dolin
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press
Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press