Poetry. "Reading Philip Dacey's poems is like having a conversation with a funny, sophisticated, and insightful friend. You're laughing, you're nodding in appreciation, you're saying, 'A-ha. I never

Church of the Adagio

Poetry. "Reading Philip Dacey's poems is like having a conversation with a funny, sophisticated, and insightful friend. You're laughing, you're nodding in appreciation, you're saying, 'A-ha. I never saw things that way, but wowâ€”you're right.' And you don't want to say goodbye anytime soon. Like the best literature, Dacey's poems teach usâ€”or remind usâ€”what it means to be human. They speak of our capacity for reverence ('Guest of Honor') as well as our ability to wound ('Neighborly'); they address our ability to conjure beauty via art, performance, and music ('Nijinsky: A Sestina,' among others) and our power to destroy ('At the Hiroshima Photo Exhibit'); they evoke our ingenuity (all of Dacey's poems themselves as well as some of their subjects) and, simultaneously, as in 'The Hike (Altea, Spain),' our frailty and our resilience."â€”Mark Brazaitis
Country USA
Brand Rain Mountain Press
Manufacturer Rain Mountain Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780989705141
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Church of the Adagio