The Boxer of Quirinal

by John Barr

Book Overview

All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr's poems the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that struggle includes the eternal presence of war. Does the fall of Rome, the Battle of Shiloh, the Normandy Landings--and today's wars--give proof of life or only of the struggle?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1636281044
• ISBN13: 9781636281049
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Red Hen Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Evolutionary Struggle for Survival of Animals and Humans

Author John Barr takes us on an evolutionary, philosophical and insightful look through his poetry from ancient to present times of the struggle of animals like the heron and albatross to human survival, including the coming struggle for freedom of the South China Sea for those who wish reflect on the presence of crisis in the world today.