Touching the Headstone

by Simon Perchik

Poetry. -- you tie one shoe tighter/ till its shell cracks open/ and under each fingernail the pieces/ smell from damp mud, broken reeds/ riverside -- the bow stays wet (from TOUCHING THE HEADSTONE). Perchik's dreamlike transitions have been remarked upon by the Washington Review: Perchik's poetry allows past and present, familiar and fantastic, banal and bombastic to co-exist with creative tension. Perchik dives deep into the unconscious in his poetry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1900152142
• ISBN13: 9781900152143
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Stride Publications
• Length: 77 Pages