The Cloud of Knowable Things

By Elaine Equi

Clear yet complex, these poems animate the things closest to us-objects, fantasies, culture high and low.

Nuanced, rich in meaning, and innately accessible, these poems revel in Elaine Equi's maturity of technique and vision. In this collection, we find her deftly exploring her surroundings and taking a close look at the way we inhabit things and the way they inhabit us. Clear yet complex, these poems animate the things closest to us--objects, fantasies, culture high and low. As Elaine Equi states, "Many writers think the goal of writing is to discover the unknown, but this book argues that to discover the known is even more interesting."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566891426
• ISBN13: 9781566891424
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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A collection of free-verse and varied-style poems

The Cloud Of Knowable Things is a collection of free-verse and varied-style poems by Elaine Equi that peer closely into everyday surroundings and unearth the overlooked enigma of the sublime workings of the cosmos. Minutia and grand unknowable designs combine in a cavalcade of lilting syllables. The Lost Poems: Your Average Dream/Fetish-Shroud/Victor Mature's Kiss/The Snow Queen's Summer House//In a Nutshell/De-composing/vintage Blouse/Politics and Vaseline//Mister Preface/Charm-Quake/Postponing the Future/Notice Each Part//The Cloud's Tantrum/Harlequin with a Gun