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Sleep Preceded by Saying Poetry

Sleep Preceded by Saying Poetry

by Jacques Roubaud and Cole Swensen
Paperback
Publication Date: 19/01/2021

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These restless poems meditate on sleep, night, darkness, and silence. And on sleeplessness, on waking up in the middle of the night, and on silence interrupted. Making tight loops and insistent returns, the words split and dissolve into silence, just as everything falls quiet and still, just as sleep begins to wash over you--when the light comes on, or the faucet drips, or a branch scratches the window. A slightly different pattern emerges as the words are reassembled, one with its own unique pattern of interruptions. Saying Poetry is a brilliant reflection on this state of distraction, which, Roubaud suggests, is essential to poetry.
ISBN:
9781944380090
9781944380090
Category:
Poetry by individual poets
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
19-01-2021
Publisher:
La Presse
Pages:
96
Dimensions (mm):
201x150x8mm
Weight:
0.16kg

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