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Corinna, a-Maying the Apocalypse
Darcie Dennigan
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Description for Corinna, a-Maying the Apocalypse
Hardback. A collection of poems that celebrates and laments that "we are but decaying." Series: Poets Out Loud. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 213 x 13. Weight in Grams: 369.
Corinna, A-Maying the Apocalypse simultaneously celebrates and laments that “we are but decaying.” Betraying a love of old poems and symbols and new words and forms, these are poems where “the moon’s spritzing its perfumes and the phlegm is thick and fast” over cities and Starbucks and suburbs. The poet is in love with the rhythm of the man-made world, and “the rhythm is so strong sometimes / it blows up the room.”
Corinna, A-Maying the Apocalypse simultaneously celebrates and laments that “we are but decaying.” Betraying a love of old poems and symbols and new words and forms, these are poems where “the moon’s spritzing its perfumes and the phlegm is thick and fast” over cities and Starbucks and suburbs. The poet is in love with the rhythm of the man-made world, and “the rhythm is so strong sometimes / it blows up the room.”
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
Series
Poets Out Loud
Number of Pages
84
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823228560
SKU
V9780823228560
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About Darcie Dennigan
DARCIE DENNIGAN's work has appeared in numerous journals, including The Atlantic Monthly, Forklift Ohio, H_NGM_N, and Tin House. She lives in West Hollywood, California.
Reviews for Corinna, a-Maying the Apocalypse
. . . Dennigan's verse in smart but not unkind, sensual without being icky.
—Indiana Review
Dennigan makes delightful poetry, a pure aural pleasure more willowly, and as various as language lived.
—Boston Review
Spitting associative sparks off both real and imagined landscapes, the poems in Corinna invite readers to excavate, associate, and riff off what's ... Read more
—Indiana Review
Dennigan makes delightful poetry, a pure aural pleasure more willowly, and as various as language lived.
—Boston Review
Spitting associative sparks off both real and imagined landscapes, the poems in Corinna invite readers to excavate, associate, and riff off what's ... Read more