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Yankee Nomad: A Photographic Odyssey
Black ecopoet observes the changing world from a high-rise window
Award-winning poet Ed Roberson confronts the realities of an era in which the fate of humanity and the very survival of our planet are uncertain. Departing from the traditional nature poem, Roberson's work reclaims a much older tradition, drawing into poetry's orbit what the physical and human sciences reveal about the state of a changing world. These poems test how far the lyric can go as an answer to our crisis, even calling into question poetic form itself. Reflections on the natural world and moments of personal interiority are interwoven with images of urbanscapes, environmental crises, and political instabilities. These poems speak life and truth to modernity in all its complexity. Throughout, Roberson takes up the ancient spiritual concern―the ephemerality of life―and gives us a new language to process the feeling of living in a century on the brink.
Morello's Venice
startled to hear the doctor say
this would be the last time he would see it,
a person used to keeping things alive
talking terminus ― even more
startled when he returned
to hear him say it wasn't there
there were terrible rains
bookings cancelled.
when late he arrived,
everything was gone.
his wife had a cold.
they bundled together in blankets.
he refilled my prescription to
restore my soul.
Award-winning poet Ed Roberson confronts the realities of an era in which the fate of humanity and the very survival of our planet are uncertain. Departing from the traditional nature poem, Roberson's work reclaims a much older tradition, drawing into poetry's orbit what the physical and human sciences reveal about the state of a changing world. These poems test how far the lyric can go as an answer to our crisis, even calling into question poetic form itself. Reflections on the natural world and moments of personal interiority are interwoven with images of urbanscapes, environmental crises, and political instabilities. These poems speak life and truth to modernity in all its complexity. Throughout, Roberson takes up the ancient spiritual concern―the ephemerality of life―and gives us a new language to process the feeling of living in a century on the brink.
Morello's Venice
startled to hear the doctor say
this would be the last time he would see it,
a person used to keeping things alive
talking terminus ― even more
startled when he returned
to hear him say it wasn't there
there were terrible rains
bookings cancelled.
when late he arrived,
everything was gone.
his wife had a cold.
they bundled together in blankets.
he refilled my prescription to
restore my soul.
480 pages, Hardcover
Published February 1, 2022
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October 17, 2022
This book is an international treasure.
If you have a copy, keep it -and preserve it for future generations.
If you have a copy, keep it -and preserve it for future generations.
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