The nature of things fragile : poems / Peter Vertacnik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vertacnik, Peter, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, American.

Christian life.

Death.

Religious life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Criterion Books, [2024]

Summary:

"In his debut poetry collection, The Nature of Things Fragile, Peter Vertacnik depicts a world fraught with vulnerability and loss. Utilizing a wide range of both received and nonce poetic forms, including sonnets, villanelles, triolets, a sestina, epigrams, blank verse, and word-count, he confronts the illnesses and deaths of loved ones, both recent and long past ("Face Value," "Odd Elegy," "Trace,"); the memories of old houses and towns left behind ("Departure," Sugar Beets," "Mourning Doves"); and the vanishing of once-ubiquitous analog particulars ("Apology to Candles," "Dial Tone," "In Praise of Blank Cassettes"). It is indeed a book of elegies, but one that also celebrates the people, places, and things it laments, preserving their names and details while laying them to rest"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

New Criterion Poetry Prize, 2023

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Vertacnik, Peter, 1977- Nature of things fragile.

ISBN:

9781641773669

1641773669

OCLC:

1445296406