A Flower Whose Name I Do Not Know

The third collection from Wyoming poet David Romtvedt focuses on the myth of separateness, both geographic and political. He brings to his writing the insight of many years' work in the peace movement--insight gained from time in the Peace Corps in Zaire, conscientious objection to the draft in the Vietnam era, subsequent work with Poets for Peace, and efforts in opposition to the Trident nuclear submarine base on Puget Sound. His profound commitment results in a poetics of compassionate witness reflecting a lifelong engagement with intellectual and environmental studies and ethnomusicology. Selected by John Haines for the National Poetry Series.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 01/01/1992
ISBN: 9781556590467
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.01w x 0.26d

Review Citations: Booklist 06/15/1992 pg. 1803
Library Journal 07/01/1992
Publishers Weekly 03/10/1989
Publishers Weekly 05/25/1992