Trajectories

by Jeff O'Brien

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970280106
• ISBN13: 9780970280107
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Fieldstone Press/JO'B Publication
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Waiting For More

I have been familiar with his newpaper column forquite some time, and was pleased to see he authored a book of poetry.I connected with his poems immediately; there is beauty, there is sadness and there is truth. They are full of haunting sentiment without ever being sentimental.As I sit here on this dreary winter afternoon, I find comfort in this collection.

The Death of Poetry

Delving into the unknown, I was exhilarated to find this new voice. A refreshing return to simplicity without banality and form without rigidity. This is purely my own belief, but too often I find American poetry veering toward one of two extremes--sheer laziness of the "MTV poetry slam" variety or self-indulgent and overly academic obscurity. Say what you will, but we wonder why people aren't reading poetry anymore. Good poetry belongs to everyone, otherwise, what's the point?-- it speaks not above or below, but TO everyone. Cheers to O'Brien for breathing new life into one of our oldest and most sacred forms. More, please.