Friendly Fire: Poems

by Katrina Roberts

"Friendly Fire, Katrina Roberts' cycle of fifty-two sonnets, proves the durability and flexibility of the lyric today. A taut narrative scaffolding supports Roberts' brief, searing meditations on family, farm labor, friendship, illness, parenting. Colloquial language lends verve. Literal images evoke the texture of farm life. Roberts explores abstraction ( Forgiveness ) with apt metaphor: "I shelter the grudge, build / a rustic cabin for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0980028914
• ISBN13: 9780980028911
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Lost Horse Press
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 8.3"