Description
"Among other things, Shepherd has always been an elemental poet. His work abounds with the imagery and motifs of water and fire, and while those elements are important here, it is air and earth that are the more dominant elements in this collection. . . .
Clay, red clay in particular, recurs several times throughout the collection as a motif of earth. It is the substance of creation, but always of impermanent things, whether heroes or Babylonian statues with feet of clay, or of things durable but fragile, such as the cuneiform tablets of 'A Parking Lot Just Outside the Ruins of Babylon.'"
-Robert Philen, from the Foreword
About the Author
Reginald Shepherd (1963D2008) was the author of five previous books of poetry: Fata Morgana; Otherhood; Wrong; Angel, Interrupted; and Some Are Drowning. His work has been widely anthologized, and has appeared in four editions of The Best American Poetry
Book Information
ISBN 9780822961499
Author Reginald Shepherd
Format Paperback
Page Count 104
Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press
Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press
Clay, red clay in particular, recurs several times throughout the collection as a motif of earth. It is the substance of creation, but always of impermanent things, whether heroes or Babylonian statues with feet of clay, or of things durable but fragile, such as the cuneiform tablets of 'A Parking Lot Just Outside the Ruins of Babylon.'"
-Robert Philen, from the Foreword
About the Author
Reginald Shepherd (1963D2008) was the author of five previous books of poetry: Fata Morgana; Otherhood; Wrong; Angel, Interrupted; and Some Are Drowning. His work has been widely anthologized, and has appeared in four editions of The Best American Poetry
Book Information
ISBN 9780822961499
Author Reginald Shepherd
Format Paperback
Page Count 104
Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press
Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press
