Publication

1997 - Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Language

English

Word Count

36,500 words, Guess

Page Count

146 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads4254729
  • LibraryThing2012699

Classifications

  • DDC811/.54
  • LCCPS3557.I1392 S67 1997

Description

Stamped with his signature blend of compassion and conscience - of intimate individuality and the social world in which we confront the implications of our attitudes and beliefsSparrow distills the development of Gibbons' work from the late sixties to the present. These are poems of love, sorrow, keen attentiveness, and a powerful range of emotion and thought. There is an ethical dimension in Gibbons' poetry; it is rarely explicit, but it lies behind his drama of conflict and choice, his meditations on feeling and place, and his experiments with form. Here also we find the poet's subtle exploration of how our consciousness is shaped - not only by our own unique experience, but also by the limitless possibilities of language itself.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Southern messenger poets

Other Editions

  • Sparrow: new and selected poemsLouisiana State University Press1997-01-01

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