Poetry. In NIGHT SCENES, the fourth book from best-selling poet Lisa Jarnot, we are returned to the "first melody" through mock archaisms, neologisms, rollicking rhymes, and childlike delight. Her circling lyrics sing the pleasure of naming itself, with pastoral dreams occasionally giving way to waking life in Brooklyn. Like William Blake's songs, NIGHT SCENES privileges wonder over reason in a triumph of the imagination: "Be jumpy / or unhinged / with joy / enlightened / fry cakes / Staten hoy."

Author Hometown: NEW YORK, NY USA



About the author: Lisa Jarnot is the author of NIGHT SCENES (Flood Editions, 2008), THE ILIAD BOOK XXII: THE DEATH OF HECTOR (Book Thug, 2007), REPTILE HOUSE (Book Thug, 2006), BLACK DOG SONGS (Flood Editions, 2003), THE EIGHTFOLD PATH (A+Bend Press, 2000), and SOME OTHER KIND OF MISSION (Burning Deck, 1996). She lives in New York City and is the owner and operator of Catskill Organics Farm.

Reviews:
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