Lines From The Provinces

By David C. Wright

Lines from the Provinces tenders to readers a collection of poems that speak in the long tradition of American poetry connected to place, trying to discover if it is reasonable to 'want lines to tether us to something / after all.' Poet David Wright demonstrates an impressive stylistic range, from short lyrics to rolling, Whitman-like lines, as he guides us through the physical landscapes of the prairie's farms and small towns and down the Red Line of Chicago's 'L.' In the process, he meditates, rants, sings, and gestures towards paths and people that show how complex even the provinces can be. In the process, Wright's poetry also explores the emotional and spiritual territories of grief, wonder, and pleasure, avoiding clich? in favor of concrete, particular language that takes the risk of 'fooling us into belief, / into hope that our skin can sing, / that joy is native to our hands / and as ordinary as song.'

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588980588
• ISBN13: 9781588980588
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.2" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

a glimpse into space and time

The author has captured every facet of everyday life with everyday words used in a fresh and insightful way. The gamut of human emotion is revealed, sometimes with self-defamation, sometimes with self-exultation. It's a breath of air right after a spring rain. He takes you inside his viewpoint and you stand in his shoes seeing it all-the normalcy, the oddities, the precious, the precocious, the pieces of life that make up the meantime that so many people have trouble living in.