The Folded Heart

by Michael Collier

Book Overview

Poems with a lyrical compression of language--precise, and intensely felt

Michael Collier's poems are like a living film of the image of one's past. In rich detail, they bring to life the geography of childhood--commonplace events that have a unique texture of one's own--a dream of flying, a secret obsession, a school pageant, a jam session in the garage. The memories are folded into the heart, but with an inevitable sense of loss,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819511714
• ISBN13: 9780819511713
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"