That beauty in the trees : poems /

With That Beauty in the Trees, celebrated poet Ron Smith moves effortlessly from Virginia to Italy and beyond, drawing on materials personal, historical and metaphysical as he ponders the challenges of existing and living respectfully in a beleaguered twenty-first century. Delightful, charming and w...

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Main Author: Smith, Ron, 1949 February 12- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2023].
Series:Southern messenger poets.
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Summary:With That Beauty in the Trees, celebrated poet Ron Smith moves effortlessly from Virginia to Italy and beyond, drawing on materials personal, historical and metaphysical as he ponders the challenges of existing and living respectfully in a beleaguered twenty-first century. Delightful, charming and wholly immersive, this new volume shows a gifted chronicler of daily experience asking tough and probing questions about the US South, American identity and the nature of what makes us human.
Item Description:"LSU Paperback Original"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:xii, 103 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN:9780807177983
0807177989