The Cloud of Knowable Things

by Elaine Equi

Book Overview

"Friend to objects, saints and dead celebrities alike, Elaine Equi is the real McCoy: a keeper of the sacred flame of language-joy. Her work re-alerts us to our earliest love of words as toys, jewels, confections. In doing so she juices up our thinking. What's better than writing that delights as it sharpens the mind? You've heard of 'smart drinks' or 'smart drugs, ' said to chemically boost intellect? These are truly smart poems."--Amy Gerstler,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566891426
• ISBN13: 9781566891424
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A collection of free-verse and varied-style poems

The Cloud Of Knowable Things is a collection of free-verse and varied-style poems by Elaine Equi that peer closely into everyday surroundings and unearth the overlooked enigma of the sublime workings of the cosmos. Minutia and grand unknowable designs combine in a cavalcade of lilting syllables. The Lost Poems: Your Average Dream/Fetish-Shroud/Victor Mature's Kiss/The Snow Queen's Summer House//In a Nutshell/De-composing/vintage Blouse/Politics and Vaseline//Mister Preface/Charm-Quake/Postponing the Future/Notice Each Part//The Cloud's Tantrum/Harlequin with a Gun