Inside the Onion

by Howard Nemerov

Poems take a fresh look at sunrises, dogs, religion, old age, flight, the senses, graffiti, poets, the seasons, travel, and death

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Isaac Timm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mind feeding poetry, at first it was hard to for me to process, but his poems kind of hung around in my mind, bugging me to pick the book up and read them a few more times through. My favorites: In Memory of Master Poet Robert Browning, Striders, Graven Images, Fish Swimming Amid Falling Flowers, and Acts of God.

[Tom Romig · Rating 4 out of 5]

A magician with words, Howard Nemerov works the language in fresh and revealing ways, guiding readers to see the world in fresh and revealing ways. (Howard Nemerov and Diane Arbus were siblings. Those must have been some family dinners!)

[ken · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some touching poems in the bunch, like “Epiphany”, “Gnomic Variations for Kenneth Burke”, and “A Dog’s Life”. “Poetics” was good to make me laugh, and there are a scattering of perspicuous lines that prodded at the brain.