Songs without Sound
Here are over two hundred `songs without sound` taking us through the chiaroscuro of human feelings and emotions, portrayed subjectively to reflect human mortality. Personal emotions are matched by more public concerns - `We`d wreck less if we were less reckless` - and `09/11/01`; while the dark mood of such poems such as `Barely Treading Water` is balanced by the beauty of `Morning Song` and `Fallen Angel`. Through eyes that rejoice at a new dawn or a stolen kiss, the outscape is sketched predominantly in grisaille, the figures poised in waif-like abandonment. Yet the author`s abiding tone is positive as he surveys the foreshore of existence: `Don`t let this life`s ride go to waste!` and `Everything pales into insignificance when you...
Дата выхода: январь 2004
