My Tranquil War and Other Poems

by Anis Shivani

Book Overview

Composed over the last decade, MY TRANQUIL WAR AND OTHER POEMS tackles head-on the question: What is the poet's special responsibility when terror becomes a general condition of dread, internalized to the last degree, and even beauty and truth assume grotesque masks? Written in a remarkable variety of forms-from traditional sonnets to experiments in found poetry-these poems constantly rub up against self-limitation, and in the desire to discover a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193552058X
• ISBN13: 9781935520580
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: NYQ Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"