Great silent ballad : poems / A.F. Moritz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moritz, A. F. (Albert Frank), author.

Series:

Anansi poetry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lyric poetry--21st century.

Lyric poetry.

Poetry, Modern--21st century.

Poetry, Modern.

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

135 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Toronto, Ontario] : Anansi, 2024.

Summary:

"Great Silent Ballad, beloved lyric poet A.F. Moritz's twenty-second volume of poetry, in visionary terms forwards the assertion that poetry, a primordial reality, is in the current moment both the equal of, and the antidote to, the rest of present-day civilization and its suicidal nature. The book unfolds in seven short sections that probe such topics as the crucial value of childhood; a human person's development through maturity and age; the perennially avant-garde nature of great poetry no matter what time and place; and poetry's inherent involvement with hope and creativity, life and feeling, freedom and love. Great Silent Ballad also reprises Moritz's longstanding celebration of common human conversation, the apex of which (he argues convincingly) is what we call "poetry"--meaning not just the art of verse, but our total access to the goodness of natural existence."-- Provided by publisher.

Other Format:

Online version: Moritz, A. F. (Albert Frank) Great silent ballad.

ISBN:

9781487012960

1487012969

OCLC:

1416744995