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"The American poet Robert Lax belongs to the generation of Thomas Merton, Beat poetry, Abstract Expressionism, and the compositions of John Cage. Yet he stands out as this era's most intriguing minimalist poet, gaining this reputation through a constant questioning of the universe and our...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lax, Robert (Author)
Other Authors: Kellein, Thomas (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2019.
Series:New Directions Paperbook ; 1434
Subjects:
1900-1999
American poetry > 20th century.
American poetry.
Table of Contents:
  • The man with the big general notions
  • Zoo sign
  • [Wake up Jack]
  • Circus
  • The circus of the sun
  • The juggler
  • Jerusalem
  • Question
  • [The port was longing]
  • [One stone]
  • Andalusian proverb
  • [Maximum capacity]
  • [Basic forms]
  • [Goodbye]
  • [One bird, two birds]
  • [River]
  • [In the dark]
  • Shorter history of western civilization
  • [Are you a visitor]
  • [The watcher]
  • [Every night]
  • The bomb
  • Sea & sky
  • Abstract poem
  • Able Charlie Baker dance
  • A problem in design
  • The angel and the little old lady
  • Shepherd's calendar
  • Seven episodes
  • Tractatus I-II
  • One island
  • Tiger
  • 21 pages.