The Ha-Ha: Poems

by David K. Kirby

Book Overview

A feature of English landscape architecture, a ha-ha is a wall at the bottom of a ditch; its purpose is to allow the presence of cows and sheep on one's lawn, but at an agreeable distance and with none of the malodorous unsightliness that proximity would bring. Similarly, The Ha-Ha, the latest offering from poet David Kirby, is both an exploration of the ways in which the mind invites chaos yet keeps it at a distance and an apologia for humor,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807128945
• ISBN13: 9780807128947
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 55 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.9" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Think of Holden Caulfield,

older and wryer and not the least bit jaded by all the sad strange beautiful horrendous stuff that happened to happen. That's the voice in a David Kirby poem. The Ha-Ha is Kirby's latest collection of really good stories, and when was the last time you smiled out loud while reading a goddam poem?

Awesome

David Kirby is such a fun poet. A brilliantly humorous book of poems. You will laugh out loud. This is one of my favorite books. Kirby does not dissapoint.