If Not Metamorphic

by Brenda Iijima

Poetry. IF NOT METAMORPHIC uses the long form, frequently in choral antiphon, to ask what kind of pressures exert change--as in the title poem, where war and human cruelty have turned even the kelp murderous--and what exactly is changed: sometimes words take on other forms before our eyes, sometimes sentences try on new endings in shameless view, and puns on popular culture poke through the deepest meditation. These poems truncate and disrupt narrative,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934103101
• ISBN13: 9781934103104
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Ahsahta Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 7.9"