Noise of the World

by George Franklin

The poems in Noise of the World tell real stories, real because the poet doesn't shy away from the limitations of being human. There are love poems, moments of desire, of "Pressing my lips and teeth hard against / Your shoulder, dissolving beneath your / Fingers, tongue, the shiver in your / Abdomen," but they are tempered by the knowledge that the person loved will never be fully known and, ultimately, even desire is something that can't be understood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1735400203
• ISBN13: 9781735400204
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Sheila-Na-Gig Editions
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"