Present Vanishing: Poems

by Dick Allen

Book Overview

Present Vanishing is a book where East and West meet, where Zen contends with social satire, often on the playing fields of American landscapes. In Dick Allen's new poems, almost every word is a search for calm in the midst of contemporary chaos. Paradox is everywhere: the present vanishes, even as it unscrolls before us.

Author of six previous poetry collections, Dick Allen has received fellowships from the National Endowment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932511644
• ISBN13: 9781932511642
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Sarabande Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"