Desire Lines: New and Selected Poems

by Lola Haskins

Book Overview

Lola Haskins propels the reader through the inevitable terrains of desire, love and loss.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929918496
• ISBN13: 9781929918492
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: BOA Editions
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The Past Comes Alive

In a voice like that of the actor who does not merely act but is, Lola Haskins does not merely speak in her poems but becomes the persona inhabiting the piece. Smoothly she transports the reader into the heart of the past where he or she beholds and feels exquisite moments of joy and aching. The breadth of her knowledge in the languages of music, art, history and heartache are astounding.

Desire Lines ------------------

Lola Haskins' poetry intrigues and startles, turning appearances inside out with elegant and unflinching grace. I have always loved her work, have read her for years.....and yet, on reading her new poems in Desire Lines, feel an excitement akin to discovering a new and essential voice, one that is profound, deeply haunting, and artistically exquisite. This is a book for the long journey....for where the road turns....