Summons: Poems

by Deborah Tall

Book Overview

Winner of the 1999 Kathryn A. Morton Prize, selected by Charles Simic.

"The art of prosody, of which Deborah Tall is a master, is a jeweler's art. It is about ascertaining the weight of words, measuring each one of them in turn against silence and time. . . . As we read, line by line, sounds turn into music, words and images grow in meaning. If you believe that this is what all poets do anyway, you are wrong. Only...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1889330507
• ISBN13: 9781889330501
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Sarabande Books
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"