Modern History: Prose Poems 1987-2007

by Christopher Buckley

Poetry. This intensely personal collection of symphonic prose poems uses politics, physics, popular culture, nostalgia, and off-the-wall humor to articulate and ignite metaphysical arguments. Christopher Buckley employs a sardonic wit and poignant lyricism to wheedle clarity out of chaos and coax wisdom out of absurdity. Just as he investigates and questions the vagaries of knowledge, so does he explore the prose poem, testing and probing its boundaries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932195688
• ISBN13: 9781932195682
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Tupelo Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"