Songs to Come for the Salamander

by Mark Young

Some readers might assume that particular, highly pessimistic generalizations in Young's poems are actually Mark Young presenting his sense of doom. The little ditty "democracy" registers the claim that "no-one// knows the/ words to" the "song" (the concept of democracy) even though "every-/ one sings" it, and "since violence is learned" tells us that "tolerance is no/ longer available, is replaced by trauma." Although nothing in the poems--not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1736816047
• ISBN13: 9781736816042
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Harrykstammer
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"