The Space of Half an Hour

by Keith Waldrop

One of 1,500 copies.

Genres: Poetry

85 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 1983

About the author

American poet and academic, author of numerous books of poetry and prose, translator of the works of Claude Royet-Journoud, Anne-Marie Albiach, Edmond Jabès, Charles Baudelaire, and others.

Reviews

[Morgan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Individually some lines are quite lovely. As a collected body, the poems feel like a fat drunk man stumbling in the dark; occasionally pausing to wipe the vomit off of his dickey during moments of self awareness.