Rope

by Alison Deming

New from a poet renowned for her lyricism, wisdom, and originalityAlison Hawthorne Deming ’s fourth collection of poems follows the paths of imagination into meditations on salt, love, Hurricane Katrina, Greek myth, and the search for extraterrestrial life, all linked by the poet’s faith in art as an instrument for creating meaning, beauty, and continuity—virtues diminished by the velocity and violence of our historical moment. The final long poem “The Flight,” inspired by the works of A. R. Ammons, is a twenty-first century epic poised on the verge of our discovering life beyond Earth.

Genres: Poetry

112 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 29, 2009

Reviews

[Freesiab BookishReview · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the first half of this poetry collection more than the first. It was a unique style. There were a variety of topics, which didn’t give it an easy flow. I enjoyed the poems about New Orleans quite a bit.