The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-1975

By Robert Creeley

Book Overview

Robert Creely, Wilmington, N.C., June 29, 1981: There is a sense of increment, of accumulation, in these poems that is very dear to me. Like it or not, it outwits whatever I then thought to say and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520042441
• ISBN13: 9780520042445
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

an innovator

Using simple phrases and a lot of white space, Robert Creeley is a innovator of modern verse that suffuses mystery into the mundune. He is straightforward, spare, uses very few metaphors. He is an absolute master of measure, using the sound of the words and the pauses in between to create beautiful, haunting verse. It is difficult to be cerebral while reading his work, the poetry never explains or describe but is made to be experienced as a bodily phenomenon. It engages a quieter, deeper more subtle appreciation challenging for a modern readership used to instant gratifications.

Robert Creeley will one your eyes

Out of all of my books it is the only one that for over 15 years I have read something from everyday. I think the sign of a good book is one that you can open randomly and always be turned around by the words before you.

The Line Breaks

these poems and the silence surrounding them are uncanny. I know no other word for it. he makes ordinary statements sound interesting because of his uncanny phrasing and subtle line breaks. you can learn more about writing from an hour spent with creeley's work than with just about anyone else, except ashbery.