I Think Again of Those Ancient Chinese Poets
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| Title: | I Think Again of Those Ancient Chinese Poets |
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| Description: | This all-new collection by former Alaska poet laureate smoothly blends his life in Maine, his years in Alaska, and his love of Chinese poetry—which has been a key influence on his work—into a lyrical fantasy that will enchant lovers of verse. These tightly rhythmic, compact eight-line poems demonstrate a rare deftness with—and an even more uncommon ear for—language, revealing poetic form to be neither a puzzle nor an accomplishment in itself, but a compositional tool and a spur to creativity. |
| Authors: | Tom Sexton |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Khanty--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--Ethnic, Khanty--Cultural assimilation--Russia (Federat, Khanty--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--Social, Taigas--Russia (Federation)--Siberia, Reindeer herders--Russia (Federation)--Siberia, Siberia (Russia)--Ethnic relations, Siberia (Russia)--Social conditions, American poetry--21st century, Alaska--Poetry |
| Categories: | POETRY / General, POETRY / American / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This all-new collection by former Alaska poet laureate smoothly blends his life in Maine, his years in Alaska, and his love of Chinese poetry—which has been a key influence on his work—into a lyrical fantasy that will enchant lovers of verse. These tightly rhythmic, compact eight-line poems demonstrate a rare deftness with—and an even more uncommon ear for—language, revealing poetic form to be neither a puzzle nor an accomplishment in itself, but a compositional tool and a spur to creativity. |
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| ISBN: | 9781602231191 9781602231207 |
