Description
Poetry. "Manner is everything; but in this work's alphabetical arrangement is offered more than a predetermined taxonomy of means. Here, rather, is a series of lyric and meditative inducements. They 'consider,' quite literally 'observe the stars' in an endless variety, discretely shaped and arcing with a grace of reckoning from A to Z. 'On Accretion (with Allegory)' determines, '... Perfection, whose brother is Improvisation,/is restrained from Definition, whose mother is Inquiry.' And 'On Zygotes and Thanatos' resolves, '... at the shore-line/signaling with fire ...' Everything between sustains a momentum of original discovery and provides a measured set of refinements of newly observable truths. These are writings of quality—not of qualification."—Ray DiPalma
Author Bio
Dennis Phillips is the author of MAPPA MUNDI (Talisman House, Publishers, 2019), MEASURES (Talisman House, Publishers, 2013), NAVIGATION, SELECTED POEMS 1985-2010 (Otis Books/Seismicity Editions, 2011), and thirteen previous books of poetry. He lives and works in Pasadena, California.
Author City: PASADENA, CA USA