The Opposite House: Poems

by Claudia Emerson

Book Overview

With graceful lines swooping like a bird in flight, Claudia Emerson's newest collection explores the harsh realities of aging and the limitations of the human body, as well as the loneliness, fear, and anger that can accompany us as we live.

Keenly observed and beautifully executed, these poems move from the grim fa ade that hides beauty-prosthetic eyes- to the beautiful scene that conceals violence-a rural retreat. Emerson also considers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807158488
• ISBN13: 9780807158487
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"