How did one of America s most gifted fabulists come to write a collection of poetry? For thirty years, Ron Carlson has joked about writing one poem a year, and to look for his book of them in 2012. The joke came true: Room Service: Poems, Meditations, Outcries and Remarks is a genre-bending collection of traditional verse, prose poetry, microfiction, and--why not?--a play or two, dancing easily from the lyrical to the surreal to the comical, capturing the long sweep of life s simple necessities and small triumphs. Brimming with Carlson s signature good humor, these pieces were written over many years in many places, and are unified, as befits a first book of poetry, by hope. Room Service reminds us why poetry is necessary, and will leave you wondering what took him so long.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Red Hen Press
Published: 03/01/2012
ISBN: 9781597092333
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.54w x 0.28d

Review Citations: Library Journal 01/01/2012 pg. 107
Shelf Awareness 03/13/2012