What passes here for mountains /
Matt Morton's What Passes Here for Mountains presents a mind caught in the grips of spiritual crisis. These poems take the reader on a journey across locales ranging from the west Texas desert to the bustling streets of Rome, from the social realm of festivity and ritual to the privacy of the i...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Pittsburgh :
Carnegie Mellon University Press,
[2022].
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| Series: | Cox family poetry chapbook series.
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| Summary: | Matt Morton's What Passes Here for Mountains presents a mind caught in the grips of spiritual crisis. These poems take the reader on a journey across locales ranging from the west Texas desert to the bustling streets of Rome, from the social realm of festivity and ritual to the privacy of the imagination. Along the way, the search for meaning and stability within a world in constant flux is enlivened by a surrealist vitality. Cezanne and Shakespeare's Caliban commingle with indie rock musicians and Humpty Dumpty. A mystical encounter with an Edward Hopper painting meets the mundanity of waking again to one's morning routine. Poems of wry self-deprecation are juxtaposed with quiet meditations on memory, grief and the relationship between the self and the cosmos. |
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| Physical Description: | 28 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780887486777 0887486770 |