Blue Margin: Versions of Rhetoric

by Roy Arthur Swanson

The title of this s book refers to the prime oneness that Martin Heidegger identifies as earth, sky, divinities, and mortals-the unity of four that fluctuatingly frames existence. To speak of this undulant frame is to use language; and Language, according to Heidegger, is the saying of Being. In this book, verse seeks to reflect the undulance of language; the waves of tentative rhythms and ambiguities collapse, then, into divagation on (1) mimesis vs. metaphor and (2) the collapse is then further particularized by anagram-here a calculating play of letters that links the Reformation to the small market (selling shoes, for example).

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Nick Poulos · Rating 5 out of 5]

read the poetry and sit back enjoying images and language.
Move on to the puzzle, but savor the essays on Heidegger and Language: marvelous!