Palm Trees

by Nick Twemlow

Poetry. Winner of the 2013 Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. "Like us, palm trees are imports, and seem to come from everywhere but here," writes a reporter for the Los Angeles Times in an article lamenting the dying days of the once-ubiquitous palm trees of L.A. Named for those iconic imported exotics that flank the boulevards of America's strangest city, PALM TREES is a collection of poems characterized by a revved-up, ruminative musicality, and it issues its swan song in a voice that channels the restless globalism of America in the new century. The poems shuttle from airport to boardroom, boardroom to living room, making the kind of foreboding observations that might issue from a drug-addled and paranoid Delphic Oracle.

Genres: Poetry

77 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2012

Reviews

[Andy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Came to this intrigued by the prose poems in this collection. My most exposure came from NY School, esp. Ron Padgett. These are grittier, less urbane and ethereal. First person most of the time keeps these close to the bone. Definitely worth the read.