Contemplative Man

by Brock Guthrie

Poetry. You could be sitting on a good one, a two-to-eight word answer that says exactly how important Guthrie's CONTEMPLATIVE MAN is. Something concise. Something direct. Something that proves a summary actually can say something true about something else. You think, damn, this sounds smug, and you think maybe these poems are, too. This is the part where you buy the book and see for yourself.

Genres: Poetry

90 pages, Paperback

First published March 14, 2014

Reviews

[Vincent Cellucci · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm biased as hell b/c I went to school with Brock Guthrie, but if you like talk and humorous narrative poets like Halliday, Hoagland, Dunn, Carver, Curruth, etc., BUY THIS BOOK. It's hilarious. It's heartbreaking, and I admire it more than most contemporary poetry. This tender touch took him years and years to perfect and every word, absurd and mundane situation, and joke has been thoroughly contemplated--

[Joey Gamble · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny and poignant, Contemplative Man is the new American pastoral. This is a great debut from a poet for whom we should wait around at the end of a dock with a beer, a fishing pole, and a deep desire to keep listening.