Taking the Train of Singularity South from Midtown

by John J. Ronan

Book Overview

The general theme of this book, and a number of its individual poems, is that love and language create community. There is little self- reference and confession. Set in Gloucester, New York, or Paris, in Panama or Newtown, the poems come from a commitment to civic poetry, a poetry of social place and witness. Civic poetry is poems written for the public on community topics; poetry accessible to an attentive, general audience. And since it is often...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935218425
• ISBN13: 9781935218425
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Backwaters Press
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"