Greek Passages

by Peter Riley

Greek Passages is a set of 105 prose-poems derived from four sojourns in Greece, mostly in the vicinity of Argos and thus at the hub of early Greek power. The structure is entirely diurnal, building each poem from the day's events, so that cognizance of monumental historical figures and events infiltrate from outside into notes of fauna, ruins, the news, books about Greece or not, American music listened to, pleasant dinners, dreams of northern...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848610513
• ISBN13: 9781848610514
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Shearsman Books
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"