The Filaments

by Daniel Bouchard

Poetry. "Poetry, geography, ornithology, and history. Daniel Bouchard is the captain of them all. Here is a poet who has found his place in the topography of a sprawling world. His navigations are a pleasure to behold"-- Lisa Jarnot. "You can tell the birds know/ someone is listening/ even if we don't know/ whether they believe/ the sound is understood"-from the text. With his new collection, THE FILAMENTS, Bouchard speaks to the world once again in his insightful and wise voice, knowing, like the songbird, that the world is listening.

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Benjamin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Garbage! Is the point where nature and history become interchangeable terms. This is Dan Bouchard's great insight, articulated in different ways in all his books. Here, more deeply than elsewhere, he considers the implications of that insight for users of language. Overall, his prognosis is good: whether dumpster diving in tradition, or singing like birds above the filthy scraps of civilization, his poets do endure, like 'pebbles stuck between rubber grooves / of insulated shoes' ('Id Est').

[Marcella · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent book to pull up with next to an open window, with the sounds of urban conversation, an occasional bird whistle, car horn, truck, car, filtering through...

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just awesome.