The Obvious Poems And The Worthless Poems

James Berger may have divided his latest book into two sections--the first of politically and socially aware poems, intensely alive to the accelerating disintegration of social, ecological, and ethical order in the world around us, often descending into incandescent (and wholly understandable) rage, the second of wordplay, formal experimentation, and wonderfully acute, often tender quotidien observation; but his obviousnesses are far too profound to be merely obvious, and what he calls worthless" is worthless only by the standards of hedge fund managers and petrochemical investors. Once upon a time, Horace said something about poetry being for "instruction and delight": Berger's still working that vein, loading every rift with ore"--

Author: James Berger

Publisher: Spuyten Duyvil Publishing

Publication Date: Jan 01, 2023

Number of Pages: 92 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1956005986

ISBN-13: 9781956005981