Whomp and Moonshiver

by Thomas Whitbread

Book Overview

The prevalence of a loose 'naturalness' in contemporary poetry has made the ordinary reader a poor critic when he encounters meter, rhyme, and the like; he can't well distinguish the honest, functional use of such a means from a frilly and obtrusive formalism, and that's too bad. Still, it would take a very ordinary reader to find a culpable artificiality in Thomas Whitbred's poems. Their language has a supple openness, as of an amiable and intelligent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0918526310
• ISBN13: 9780918526311
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: BOA Editions
• Length: 71 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.7" x 8.7"