Turned earth : poems /
Turned Earth, the title of New Orleans poet Brad Richard's fifth collection, evokes an array of suggestive images and experiences, the turned earth of a garden bed or a grave, Earth turning through seasons and years, earth as material shaped or crafted, as on a potter's wheel, turning eart...
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| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
[2025].
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| Summary: | Turned Earth, the title of New Orleans poet Brad Richard's fifth collection, evokes an array of suggestive images and experiences, the turned earth of a garden bed or a grave, Earth turning through seasons and years, earth as material shaped or crafted, as on a potter's wheel, turning earth as metaphor for thought and reflection and the sense of "turned" as meaning "spoiled," our Anthropocene crisis never far from the poet's mind. Haunted by his mother and her own thwarted dreams of becoming a poet, the speaker meditates on grief while seeking out joy in all its forms, a brass band playing porch concerts during the COVID lockdowns, an encounter with a fellow creature threatened by climate change, the pleasures and comforts of love, memory, art and the body, with "boots muddy, knees caked, face smudged." By turns contemplative, ironic and humorous, Turned Earth considers human failure as well as the hope and forbearance that keep us going. |
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| Physical Description: | 79 pages ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780807183755 080718375X |