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9x11: And Other Poems Like Bird, Nine, X, and Eleven

9x11: And Other Poems Like Bird, Nine, X, and Eleven

by Michael Turner
Paperback
Publication Date: 11/09/2018

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Poetry. Reading Michael Turner's extraordinary 9X11 I was reminded of Christa Wolf's Accident, how global crisis intensifies the daily--except that in Turner's / our current state disruption has become the new norm. Disruption both terrifies and excites the poet--the stacked monotony of skyscrapers is broken both by the horror of people leaping out of buildings and by Mallarme's thrilling abandonment of vertical structure in 'Un coup de des jamais n'abolira le hasard' (1897). All the reflections and contemplative rhymes add up to a holographic text that begs repeated reading. '9x11' is a date, a disaster, and the measurements of the poet's room. For Turner architecture is a form of poetic divination, and poetry is a form of architecture. Living in a city, community is inevitable--coffee house / apartment building / poetry peers--and despite his caution, Turner's tense heart proves very big.--Dodie Bellamy
ISBN:
9781554201501
9781554201501
Category:
Poetry
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
11-09-2018
Publisher:
New Star Books
Country of origin:
Canada
Pages:
92
Dimensions (mm):
211x140x8mm
Weight:
0.14kg
Michael Turner

Michael Turner is an architectural historian and a former Inspector of Historic Buildings and Areas for Historic England.

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