Whomp and Moonshiver
Thomas Whitbread$5.95
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"The prevalence of a loose 'naturalness' in contemporary poetry has made the ordinary reader a poor critic when he encounters meter, rhyme, and the like; he can't well distinguish the honest, functional use of such a means from a frilly and obtrusive formalism, and that's too bad. Still, it would take a very ordinary reader to find a culpable artificiality in Thomas Whitbred's poems. Their language has a supple openness, as of an amiable and intelligent man talking; both in its playfulness and in its gravity, it avoids the stagey; and it easily enlists any suitable form in the pursuit and sharpening of its point." - Richard Wilbur
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: BOA Editions
Published: 01/01/1994
ISBN: 9780918526311
Pages: 71
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.74h x 5.70w x 0.26d