Past/Present and Other Poems

by Robert Kaplan

Moving between narrative and reflection, and reveling in the genre of the long poem, Robert Kaplan uses detailed imagery to invite the reader into a slice of 1980s New York City: the urban landscape, the national politics, gay exuberance and loss, and, weaving throughout, the shadow of the AIDS epidemic. The title poem, "Past/Present," which is the first half of the book, sprawls through layers of time, failed romance, geographic movement, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1735147893
• ISBN13: 9781735147895
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Poets of Queens
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"