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Octopus
As apt to channel the confessionalism of Anne Sexton as the red-in-tooth-and-claw nature poetry of Ted Hughes, Patrick Warner's voice ranges freely from the colloquial to the baroque. By harboring and honoring such fraught tensions, Warner has built a taut and original body of work. In Octopus we have him at his best.
- GenresPoetry
64 pages, Paperback
Published April 11, 2017
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August 1, 2017
I am a poetry neophyte
but I must say
I came for the cover,
stayed for the wordplay.
but I must say
I came for the cover,
stayed for the wordplay.
May 7, 2024
Beautifully unique voice and imagery. Was pleasantly surprised by this on-a-whim pick from my library's inventory.
An excerpt from "Abandonment"
An excerpt from "Abandonment"
We learned togetherness was hunger
that fed on little pat-a-cakes of wonder
that popped up overnight, on either
side of the grassy path, like mushrooms.
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