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Chronic

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The first poetry collection by D. A. Powell since his remarkable trilogy of Tea, Lunch, and
Cocktails, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award

so many of the best days seem minor forms of nearness

that easily falls among the dropseed: a rind, a left-behind

—from "no picnic"

In these brilliant new poems from one of contemporary poetry's most intriguing, singular voices, D. A. Powell strikes out for the farther territories of love and comes back from those fields with loss, with flowers faded, "blossom blast and dieback." Chronic describes the flutter and cruelty of erotic encounter, temptation, and bitter heartsickness, but with Powell's deep lyric beauty and his own brand of dark wit.

Language: English

Pages: 79

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Graywolf Press

Release: February 17, 2009

ISBN: 155597516X

ISBN 13: 9781555975166

Chronic

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The first poetry collection by D. A. Powell since his remarkable trilogy of Tea, Lunch, and
Cocktails, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award

so many of the best days seem minor forms of nearness

that easily falls among the dropseed: a rind, a left-behind

—from "no picnic"

In these brilliant new poems from one of contemporary poetry's most intriguing, singular voices, D. A. Powell strikes out for the farther territories of love and comes back from those fields with loss, with flowers faded, "blossom blast and dieback." Chronic describes the flutter and cruelty of erotic encounter, temptation, and bitter heartsickness, but with Powell's deep lyric beauty and his own brand of dark wit.

Language: English

Pages: 79

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Graywolf Press

Release: February 17, 2009

ISBN: 155597516X

ISBN 13: 9781555975166

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