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The eighth winner of the New Criterion Poetry Prize is Daniel Brown's Taking the Occasion.
From its opening lines, his book sounds a new note in poetry: "The thing about the old one about / The tree in the forest and nobody's around / And how it falls maybe with a sound, / Maybe not . . ." In poem after poem, Mr. Brown plays urban speech rhythms (much as Robert Frost played rural ones) across the back-beat of meter and rhyme.
Distinctive in matter as well as in manner, Taking the Occasion addresses subjects that range from a moment's fancy to stirring ruminations on existence.
In a time when many poets see subjects as superfluous, Brown demonstrates the abiding power of an arresting premise, much as music derives life from a memorable tune.
His work repeatedly sounds emotional or philosophical depths, yet he isn't above eliciting a laugh in the process.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:80 pages
- Publisher:Ivan R Dee, Inc
- Publication Date:11/11/2008
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- ISBN:9781566638012
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:80 pages
- Publisher:Ivan R Dee, Inc
- Publication Date:11/11/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9781566638012
