Ode to the Cold War: Poems New and Selected

by Dick Allen

Dick Allen is a central figure in America's often neglected "transition generation"-poets born in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Known both for his poetry and for his innovative writing on poetics, Allen has long promoted the idea that our art must move away from narrow self-concern and include the worlds of contemporary events, science and religion. His poems, wide-ranging, visionary, and unique, powerfully engage the intellectual and moral questions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1889330000
• ISBN13: 9781889330006
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Sarabande Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A Stunning Collection

Allen's poetry is careful, accessible, and beautiful. His poetry has regularly graced The Best American Poetry series as well as many literary magazines. If you only buy one poetry book this year, this should be it. If you like the work of Billy Collins, Philip Levine, or Jim Daniels, buy this book; Allen's poetry is significantly different (as it should be), but in the same realm as their work.