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Generosity for a Later Generation
Poems by Jeff Hardin. Hand-tied chapbook, Number 11 in Volume 4 of the Seven Kitchens Press Editor's Series.
- GenresPoetry
27 pages, hand-tied chapbook
Published January 11, 2021
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January 3, 2021
Al Maginnes writes that Jeff Hardin "plumbs the pleasures and contradictions of language," and that's a pretty good introduction to the work of a poet I've been following for 20 years. These poems walk in gratitude to the world even as they question our place in it.
From "I Remain Unconvinced":
. . . I’m fond of saying these words I seek are already
posthumous. You on your side, me on mine–but perhaps
we’re blind and crawl toward touching some middle place.
I remain unconvinced that moonlight isn’t fragrant.
I remain unconvinced that Dickinson’s letters weren’t
meant for me, for now and then I certainly receive them . . .
From "I Remain Unconvinced":
. . . I’m fond of saying these words I seek are already
posthumous. You on your side, me on mine–but perhaps
we’re blind and crawl toward touching some middle place.
I remain unconvinced that moonlight isn’t fragrant.
I remain unconvinced that Dickinson’s letters weren’t
meant for me, for now and then I certainly receive them . . .
Displaying 1 of 1 review