The Champ

by Kenward Elmslie

Poetry. Illustrated by Joe Brainard. THE CHAMP (originally published in 1968) is back for a new generation of readers who will swim with delight in the Elmslie ocean. THE CHAMP explores the mysteries of dailiness in all its beauty ('He wept wetting the apple') and terror ('A black curtain removed the hair of the champ/pretending to be the wind'). And the mysteries are never revealed but amplified by Joe Brainard's lucid flowers, chimps, pendants,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0935724664
• ISBN13: 9780935724660
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Figures
• Length: 66 Pages