After a Lost Original: A Book of Poems

by David Shapiro

Poems deal with doubt, multiplicity, fatherhood, religion, politics, poetic style, nature, and the past

Genres: Poetry

106 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Rodney · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Is it true that
my last lines are always too much like
last lines?"

[Wayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Musical and surreal and unlike anyone else, Shapiro writes poems that demand a second reading. Dense and complex, these poems were like everything I like and dislike about New York/New School poetry. Like abstract, impressionistic ‘modern art’. What the hell did I just read...