Ordinary Sun

by Matthew Henriksen

Book Overview

Henriksen opens Ordinary Sun by insisting that "an eye is not enough." Resisting solipsism, these poems negotiate that conflict between the mind and what exists outside the mind. Though pain intrinsically resides in that conflict Henriksen strives for an honest happiness, a kind of gorgeous suffering that blesses our days. To this end, these poems emerge from images of all those innumerable things that embody both visceral and ethereal beauty--rocks,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0984475222
• ISBN13: 9780984475223
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Black Ocean
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 7.5"