The Animals All Are Gathering

Winner of the 2009 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry

These poems address issues of death and personal crisis by filtering them through an obsession with monsters and animals. After an initial loss, the speaker of these poems tries to utilize different personae--monsters, people stuck in horror movies--before turning his attention to the dreamlike animals that stalk him. Eventually, the speaker tries to resolve the conflicts among the figures by creating a cobbled-together garden in which they can coexist.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 09/10/2010
ISBN: 9780822961215
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.30d