Miracles & mortifications : prose poems / by Peter Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Peter, 1951-

Language:

English

Physical Description:

59 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Miracles and mortifications

Place of Publication:

Buffalo, N.Y. : White Pine Press, [2001]

Summary:

Long neglected or scoffed at by poetry "purists," the prose poem is now taking its rightful place as a distinct and accepted genre in American letters. Johnson's work as founder and editor of "The Prose Poem: An International Journal" did much to garner acceptance and respect for the genre among both poets and critics alike. This book, his second collection, is filled with the mystery, humor, and pathos that make this form so appealing and so accessible.

Peter Johnson lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife and son. He teaches at Providence College.

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Contents:

Part I Travels with Gigi

Home 1

Paris 2

London 3

Rio 4

Costa Rica 5

Provincetown 6

Geneva 7

Cairo 8

Moscow 9

Fiesole 10

Oslo 11

Greenland 12

Palm Springs 13

Bombay 14

Barcelona 15

Hong Kong 16

Tex-Mex 17

Scotland 18

Transylvania 19

Berlin 20

Cannes 21

Tokyo 22

Sydney 23

Chichen Itza 24

New York 25

Home 26

Part II Travels with Oedipus

Departure 29

Neanderthal 30

Queen Hatshepsut 31

Socrates 32

Nero 33

Attila 34

Charlemagne 35

Monastic 36

Marco Polo 37

Peter the Hermit 38

Joan of Arc 39

Nostradamus 40

Johannes Kepler 41

Cotton Mather 42

Samuel Johnson 43

Sade 44

Darwin 45

Mary Shelley 46

Houdini 47

Freud 48

Einstein 49

Hitler 50

Hemingway 51

Malcolm X 52

Maharishi Yogi 53

Return 54.

ISBN:

1893996182

OCLC:

48707455